Gaul

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ancient region former Roman province historical region

Gaul was a large region of Western Europe in antiquity, encompassing much of present-day France and neighboring areas, inhabited primarily by Celtic tribes before Roman conquest.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Gauls	5
Cisalpine Gaul	3
Celtic Gaul	1
Gaul (Roman sanctuaries of Isis)	1
Roman Gaul	1

Statements (82)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient region ⓘ former Roman province ⓘ historical region ⓘ
borderedBy	Alps ⓘ Atlantic Ocean ⓘ English Channel ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Pyrenees ⓘ Rhine ⓘ surface form: Rhine River
capitalUnderRome	Lugdunum ⓘ
conqueredBy	Julius Caesar ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ
conquestDocumentedIn	Gallic Wars ⓘ surface form: Commentarii de Bello Gallico
correspondsTo	modern France ⓘ
culturalFeature	Celtic art ⓘ druidic priesthood ⓘ oppida (fortified settlements) ⓘ
economy	agriculture ⓘ metalworking ⓘ salt trade ⓘ wine trade ⓘ
ethnonym	Celtic tribes ⓘ surface form: Celtae Galli ⓘ
fullyIntegratedIntoRomanEmpireBy	1st century CE ⓘ
hasPart	Aedui territory ⓘ Allobroges territory ⓘ Alpine regions ⓘ Aquitani territory ⓘ Armorica ⓘ Arverni territory ⓘ Belgae territory ⓘ Celtic tribes ⓘ Gaul self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cisalpine Gaul Aquitani territory ⓘ surface form: Gallia Aquitania Gallia Belgica ⓘ Gallia Lugdunensis ⓘ Gallia Narbonensis ⓘ Garonne basin ⓘ Helvetii territory ⓘ Loire ⓘ surface form: Loire basin Mediterranean coastline ⓘ Parisii territory ⓘ Left Bank of the Rhine ⓘ surface form: Rhine frontier Rhône Valley ⓘ surface form: Rhône valley Seine River Basin ⓘ surface form: Seine basin Sequani territory ⓘ Gallia Narbonensis ⓘ surface form: Transalpine Gaul
inhabitedBy	Aquitani territory ⓘ surface form: Aquitani Belgae ⓘ Celtic tribes ⓘ surface form: Celtic peoples Gaul self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gauls
knownToGreeksAs	Galatia ⓘ surface form: Galatia (for some Celtic regions)
languageFamily	Celtic languages ⓘ
laterAdministrativeLanguage	Latin ⓘ
laterBecame	Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ surface form: Frankish Kingdom part of medieval France ⓘ
laterReligion	Christianity ⓘ Roman religion ⓘ
locatedIn	Western Europe ⓘ continental Europe ⓘ
majorCity	Arelate ⓘ Burdigala ⓘ Lugdunum ⓘ Lutetia ⓘ Massilia ⓘ
militaryFeature	infantry warriors ⓘ war chariots ⓘ
partiallyCorrespondsTo	Duchy of Luxembourg ⓘ surface form: Luxembourg southern Netherlands ⓘ surface form: Netherlands south of the Rhine modern Belgium ⓘ Northern Italy ⓘ surface form: northern Italy Rhineland ⓘ surface form: western Germany Western Switzerland ⓘ surface form: western Switzerland
partOf	Alpine Celtic culture ⓘ surface form: Celtic world Roman Empire ⓘ
primaryAncientLanguage	Gaulish ⓘ
religion	Celtic polytheism ⓘ
resistedBy	Vercingetorix ⓘ
romanAdministrativeDivision	diocese of the Gauls ⓘ
romanConquestCompleted	1st century BCE ⓘ
timePeriod	Iron Age ⓘ Roman period ⓘ

Referenced by (60)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Martin of Tours → associatedWith → Gaul ⓘ

St Martin → associatedWith → Gaul ⓘ

Avitus → birthPlace → Gaul ⓘ

Etruria → borders → Gaul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cisalpine Gaul

Majorian → conductedCampaignIn → Gaul ⓘ

Franks → coreTerritory → Gaul ⓘ

John Cassian → countryOfActivity → Gaul ⓘ

Gaulish → culturalAssociation → Gaul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Celtic Gaul

Herod Archelaus → deathPlace → Gaul ⓘ

Irenaeus of Lyons → deathPlace → Gaul ⓘ

Martin of Tours → deathPlace → Gaul ⓘ

Statue of Vercingetorix in Clermont-Ferrand → depictsEthnicGroup → Gaul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gauls

Roman Republic → expandedAcross → Gaul ⓘ

Franks → expandedInto → Gaul ⓘ

Rogation Days → geographicalOrigin → Gaul ⓘ

court of Trier → governedRegion → Gaul ⓘ

Western text-type → hasGeographicalAssociation → Gaul ⓘ

Late Antiquity → hasMajorRegion → Gaul ⓘ

Gaul → hasPart → Gaul self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cisalpine Gaul

Western Roman Empire → hasTerritory → Gaul ⓘ

Celtic languages → historicalRegion → Gaul ⓘ

Gallo-Romance languages → historicalRegion → Gaul ⓘ

Lyon → historicalRegion → Gaul ⓘ

Gaul → inhabitedBy → Gaul self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gauls

Diocletianic Persecution → lessSevereIn → Gaul ⓘ

Athanasian Creed → likelyRegionOfComposition → Gaul ⓘ

Celtic settlement Arausio → locatedIn → Gaul ⓘ

subject surface form: Arausio

Argentoratum → locatedIn → Gaul ⓘ

Lugdunum → locatedIn → Gaul ⓘ

Massilia → locatedIn → Gaul ⓘ

Roman roads → locatedIn → Gaul ⓘ

Visigothic Kingdom → locatedIn → Gaul ⓘ

Visigothic–Roman conflicts → locatedIn → Gaul ⓘ

Christianization of the Franks → location → Gaul ⓘ

Gallic Wars → location → Gaul ⓘ

Vandals → migratedThrough → Gaul ⓘ

Alans → migratedTo → Gaul ⓘ

Galatia → namedAfter → Gaul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gauls

Massilia → neighboringPeoples → Gaul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gauls

Roman army → operatedIn → Gaul ⓘ

Battle of the Catalaunian Plains → place → Gaul ⓘ

Constantius III → placeOfActivity → Gaul ⓘ

Herod Archelaus → placeOfExile → Gaul ⓘ

Aetius → powerBase → Gaul ⓘ

Kingdom of the Franks → predecessor → Gaul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Gaul

Roman–Germanic wars → primaryTheater → Gaul ⓘ

Quicunque vult → probableOriginRegion → Gaul ⓘ

Gaulish → region → Gaul ⓘ

Irenaeus of Lyons → region → Gaul ⓘ

Lepontic language → region → Gaul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cisalpine Gaul