Roman province of Gallia Belgica

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The Roman province of Gallia Belgica was an imperial territory in northeastern Gaul that encompassed parts of modern Belgium, Luxembourg, northeastern France, western Germany, and the southern Netherlands, serving as a key military and administrative frontier region of the Roman Empire.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Gallia Belgica 0

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman province
administrativeCenter Durocortorum NERFINISHED
Reims NERFINISHED
borderedBy Britannia (province) NERFINISHED
Germania Inferior NERFINISHED
Germania Superior NERFINISHED
Lugdunensis NERFINISHED
capital Durocortorum NERFINISHED
Reims NERFINISHED
createdBy Augustus NERFINISHED
dividedInto Belgica Prima NERFINISHED
Belgica Secunda NERFINISHED
establishedAfter Gallic Wars NERFINISHED
conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar
establishedInPeriod reign of Augustus
existedDuring Crisis of the Third Century NERFINISHED
Dominate
Principate NERFINISHED
function administrative region
buffer against Germanic tribes
military frontier region
garrisonedBy Roman legions NERFINISHED
governedBy imperial legate
hadInhabitants Belgae NERFINISHED
Germanic tribes NERFINISHED
Romanized Gauls
hadRoad Via Agrippa NERFINISHED
importantCity Atuatuca Tungrorum NERFINISHED
Augusta Treverorum NERFINISHED
Bagacum Nerviorum NERFINISHED
Bavay NERFINISHED
Cologne NERFINISHED
Colonia Agrippinensis NERFINISHED
Tongeren NERFINISHED
Trier NERFINISHED
languageUsed Latin
laterBecamePartOf Frankish kingdoms NERFINISHED
Merovingian realm NERFINISHED
laterReligion Christianity NERFINISHED
locatedIn Gaul NERFINISHED
northeastern Gaul
locatedInPresentDay Belgium NERFINISHED
Luxembourg NERFINISHED
northeastern France
southern Netherlands NERFINISHED
western Germany NERFINISHED
militaryZone Rhine frontier NERFINISHED
namedAfter Belgae NERFINISHED
partOf Roman Empire
preRomanPeoples Belgae NERFINISHED
Celtic tribes
Germanic tribes
religion Roman polytheism
reorganizedUnder Diocletian NERFINISHED
strategicRole control of routes between Italy and the Channel coast
defense of Rhine frontier
taxStatus imperial province
wasPartOf Three Gauls NERFINISHED
Tres Galliae NERFINISHED

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Sequani partOf Roman province of Gallia Belgica
cohors I Tungrorum politicalEntityOfOrigin Roman province of Gallia Belgica
subject surface form: Cohors I Tungrorum
Rhine frontier borderOf Roman province of Gallia Belgica