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.
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)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Imperium Galliarum
this entity surface form:
Gallic Roman Empire