Gallia Belgica

Map of Roman Gaul with Belgica in orange (''Droysens Allgemeiner historischer Handatlas'', 1886) Gallia Belgica ("Belgic Gaul") was a province of the Roman Empire located in the north-eastern part of Roman Gaul, in what is today primarily northern France, Belgium, and Luxembourg, along with parts of the Netherlands and Germany.

Before the Roman province came into existence in about 50 BC, the region was conquered by Julius Caesar during his Gallic Wars. His report, the ''Commentarii de Bello Gallico'', described Belgic Gaul as one of the three parts of Gaul (Tres Galliæ), the other two being Gallia Aquitania and Gallia Lugdunensis. Belgica stretched from the Marne and Seine rivers, which Caesar described as a cultural boundary between the Belgae and the Celtic Gauls. In the north and east it stretched all the way to the Rhine. The official Roman province of this name was later created by emperor Augustus in 22 BC, and named after the Belgae, as the largest tribal confederation in the area. However, it also included the territories of the Treveri, Mediomatrici, Leuci, Sequani, and others who Caesar did not explicitly designate as Belgic.

The province was re-organised several times, first increased and later decreased in size. Diocletian brought the northeastern Civitas Tungrorum into Germania Inferior, joining the Rhineland colonies. The remaining part of Gallia Belgica was divided into Belgica Prima (in the eastern area of the Treveri, Mediomatrici and Leuci, around Luxembourg and the Ardennes), and Belgica Secunda (between the English Channel and the upper Meuse).

The capital of Belgica Prima, Trier, became an important late western Roman capital.

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    Luisa Richter : la pintura como confesión del ser / by Rodríguez, Bélgica

    Article
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    Nedo M. F. : lo absoluto de una línea / by Rodríguez, Bélgica

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    La revisión de la constitución belga y la adaptación de las instituciones a las realidades contemporáneas / by Senelle, Robert, 1918-

    Published 1965
    “…Bélgica…”
    Book
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    Code industreil belge : contenant toute la législation intéressant l'industrie /

    Published 1905
    “…Bélgica…”
    Book
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    Correspondencia diplomática relativa á la Guerra de 1914 (24 de julio - 29 de agosto) /

    Published 1915
    “…Bélgica…”
    Book
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    Sud-Ardenne et Gaume /

    “…Belgica. Pavillon du Tourisme…”
    Book
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    Catalogue.

    “…Oostende. (Bélgica) Stedelijk Museum…”
    Book
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    Affiches Belle epoque : kenze uit de verzamelingen van het Museum Vlleshuis.

    Published 1979
    “…Antwerp [Bélgica]Musee Vleeshuis…”
    Book
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    Actes du colloque /

    Published 1965
    “…Journées Apollinaire Stavelot, Belgica…”
    Conference Proceeding Book
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    Repertoire des theses de doctorat /

    “…Bélgica. Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres…”
    Book
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    Las europeas hablan de Europa : reflexiones recogidas por el grupo Mujeres para Europa.

    Published 1979
    “…Bélgica. Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores…”
    Book
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    Belgique : la relation officielle des evenements, 1939-1940.

    Published 1941
    “…Bélgica. Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres…”
    Book
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    Avenir pour notre passé patrimoine architectural european.

    “…Bélgica. Ministère de la Culture Française…”
    Book
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    Alternatives sud.

    “…Centre Tricontinental (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgica)…”
    Serial
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    Images.

    “…Centre de la Photographie (Geneve, Bélgica)…”
    Serial
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    Liste des publications disponibles = Lisjt van de publikaties in voorraad /

    Published 1976
    “…Archives Generales du Roy Aume (Bélgica)…”
    Book
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    Kataloog.

    Published 1972
    “…Jabbeke (Belgica). Provinciaal museum Constant Perneke…”
    Book