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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman province
administrativeCenter Durocortorum
Reims
borderedBy Britannia (province)
Germania Inferior
Germania Superior
Lugdunensis
capital Durocortorum
Reims
createdBy Augustus
dividedInto Belgica Prima
Belgica Secunda
establishedAfter Gallic Wars
conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar
establishedInPeriod reign of Augustus
existedDuring Crisis of the Third Century
Dominate
Principate
function administrative region
buffer against Germanic tribes
military frontier region
garrisonedBy Roman legions
linked to: Roman legion
governedBy imperial legate
hadInhabitants Belgae
Germanic tribes
linked to: Germanic peoples

Romanized Gauls
hadRoad Via Agrippa
importantCity Atuatuca Tungrorum
Augusta Treverorum
Bagacum Nerviorum
Bavay
Cologne
Colonia Agrippinensis
Tongeren
Trier
languageUsed Latin
laterBecamePartOf Frankish kingdoms
Merovingian realm
linked to: Merovingian dynasty
laterReligion Christianity
locatedIn Gaul
northeastern Gaul
locatedInPresentDay Belgium
Luxembourg
northeastern France
southern Netherlands
western Germany
militaryZone Rhine frontier
namedAfter Belgae
partOf Roman Empire
preRomanPeoples Belgae
Celtic tribes
Germanic tribes
religion Roman polytheism
reorganizedUnder Diocletian
strategicRole control of routes between Italy and the Channel coast
defense of Rhine frontier
taxStatus imperial province
wasPartOf Three Gauls
Tres Galliae
linked to: Three Gauls

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Sequani partOf Roman province of Gallia Belgica
Cohors I Tungrorum politicalEntityOfOrigin Roman province of Gallia Belgica
subject linked to: cohors I Tungrorum
Rhine frontier borderOf Roman province of Gallia Belgica
Menapii partOf Roman province of Gallia Belgica
Atuatuca Tungrorum locatedInRegion province of Gallia Belgica
subject linked to: Atuatuca Tungrorum (Tongeren)
linked to: Roman province of Gallia Belgica
Durocortorum wasCapitalOf Roman province of Gallia Belgica
Gallo-Roman Museum (Tongeren) locatedInFormerTerritoryOf Roman province of Gallia Belgica
Lower Rhine limes borderedBy Roman province of Gallia Belgica
Augusta Raurica wasPartOf Roman province of Gallia Belgica
Tullum Leucorum locatedIn Roman province of Belgica Prima
linked to: Roman province of Gallia Belgica
Augusta Treverorum locatedIn Roman province of Gallia Belgica
Roman city walls of Tongeren partOf Roman heritage of Belgium
linked to: Roman province of Gallia Belgica
Civitas Tungrorum locatedIn Roman province of Gallia Belgica
Metz partOf Roman province of Gallia Belgica
subject linked to: metz
Veromandui partOf Belgica province (Roman Empire)
linked to: Roman province of Gallia Belgica