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.

All labels observed (5)

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Statements (59)

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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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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