Gallia Belgica

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Location of the province
Roman provinces under Trajan (117 AD)
The province of Belgica I after the administrative reform of Diocletian (XIII)

Gallia Belgica , later only called Belgica , was one of the three Roman provinces that came into being when Emperor Augustus divided Gaul ; the other two were Gallia Lugdunensis in the center and Gallia Aquitania in the southwest.

Belgica encompassed the north and east of what is now France , western Belgium , western Switzerland and the Jura down to Lake Geneva (Lacus Lemanus), as well as the catchment area of ​​the Moselle up to about 50 kilometers from its confluence with the Rhine . The capital of the province was Durocortorum ( Reims ). Until the establishment of the provinces of Germania superior and Germania inferior to the east , the governor of Belgica was also responsible for securing the Rhine border.

During the administrative reform of Diocletian (Emperor 284-305), Belgica was divided into the provinces Belgica I ( Belgica Prima ) around the Moselle and Belgica II ( Belgica Secunda ), which reached from Reims to the English Channel . They then formed the Dioecesis Galliae with the previous provinces of Lugdunensis, Germania superior and Germania Inferior, Sequana (western Switzerland, Jura , later Maxima Sequanorum) and Alpes Graiae et Poeninae (see Alpes Poenina and Alpes Graiae ) .

The western part of Belgica became the core area of ​​the Frankish Empire , while the eastern part was occupied by the Alamanni .

Significant cities in the province of Belgica were:

Notable Vici :

literature

  • Xavier Deru: The Romans on the Meuse and Moselle. Von Zabern, Mainz 2010, ISBN 978-3-8053-4245-2 ( Zabern's illustrated books on archeology - special volumes of the ancient world ).

Web links

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