Gallic Empire

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The Gallic Empire was a breakaway Roman state that existed from 260 to 274 CE, encompassing Gaul, Britannia, and briefly Hispania under its own emperors during the political fragmentation of the Roman Empire.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Gallic Roman Empire 1
Imperium Galliarum 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf breakaway Roman state
historical polity
short-lived empire
alsoKnownAs Gallic Empire
surface form: Gallic Roman Empire

Gallic Empire
surface form: Imperium Galliarum
borderedBy Germanic tribal territories
remaining Roman Empire
capital Augusta Treverorum
Trier
commonLanguage Latin
continent Europe
currency Roman coinage
dissolutionEvent Battle of the Catalaunian Plains
surface form: Battle of Châlons

surrender of Tetricus I
dissolvedBy Roman emperor Aurelian
surface form: Aurelian
endTime 274
establishedAfter capture of Valerian by the Sasanian Empire
establishedBy Postumus
firstRuler Postumus
followedBy reunified Roman Empire under Aurelian
foundedIn 3rd century
governmentType military dictatorship
monarchy
hadMilitaryConflictWith Germanic tribes
central Roman Empire
hasEmperor Laelianus
Marius
Postumus
Tetricus I
Tetricus II
Victorinus
hasHistoricalPeriod Crisis of the Third Century
historicalRegion Western Roman provinces
lastRuler Tetricus I
notableCity Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium
surface form: Colonia Agrippinensis

Lugdunum
partOf Crisis of the Third Century
precededBy unified Roman Empire
reasonForFormation military and political instability in the 3rd century
political fragmentation of the Roman Empire
reintegratedInto Roman Empire
religion Roman paganism
separatedFrom Roman Empire
startTime 260
territoryIncludes Britannia
Gaul
Germania
parts of Hispania
usedAdministrativeSystem Roman provincial administration
usedMilitaryStructure Roman legion
surface form: Roman legions

Referenced by (3)

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Gallic Empire alsoKnownAs Gallic Empire
this entity surface form: Imperium Galliarum
Gallic Empire alsoKnownAs Gallic Empire
this entity surface form: Gallic Roman Empire