Campaigns in Armorica

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Campaigns in Armorica were a series of Roman military operations led by Julius Caesar to subdue the tribes of the Armorican region (in northwestern Gaul) during the Gallic Wars.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman military operation
military campaign
belligerent Armorican Gauls
surface form: Armorican tribes

Roman Republic
commander Julius Caesar
conflict Gallic Wars
conflictType provincial pacification campaign
consequence destruction of Venetic leadership
integration of Armorican coastal region into Roman Gaul
describedIn Gallic Wars
surface form: Commentarii de Bello Gallico
endTime 51 BC
era Late Roman Republic
followedBy Roman campaigns against other Gallic coalitions
goal consolidation of Roman control in northwestern Gaul
subjugation of Armorican tribes
historicalRegionInvolved Gallia Lugdunensis
surface form: Gallia Lugdunensis (later Roman provincial framework)
languageOfPrimarySources Latin
location Armorica
modern Brittany region
northwestern Gaul
militaryTacticUsedByRomans cavalry operations
naval blockade
siege warfare
notableEngagement Roman naval operations against the Veneti
Venetic campaign
opponent Curiosolitae
Lexovii
Namnetes
Osismii
Redones
Unelli
Veneti (Gaulish tribe)
surface form: Veneti (Armorican tribe)
opponentMilitaryStrength coalition of Armorican maritime tribes
partOf Gallic Wars
surface form: Caesar’s conquest of Gaul

Gallic Wars
precededBy Gallic Wars
surface form: Initial Roman campaigns in central and eastern Gaul
primarySourceAuthor Julius Caesar
regionToday Brittany
France
parts of Normandy
relatedTo Roman conquest of Gaul
Roman naval warfare in the Atlantic
result Roman annexation of Armorica into Gaul
Roman victory
startTime 58 BC
strategicImportance control of Atlantic seaboard of Gaul
securing sea routes and communications along the Channel and Atlantic coast
timePeriod 1st century BC
58–51 BC

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Gallic Wars hasPart Campaigns in Armorica