Gallic Empire
The
Gallic Empire is the modern name for the independent realm that lived a brief existence during the
Crisis of the Third Century, from
259 to
274, formed of the break-away provinces of
Gaul,
Britain, and
Spain. It is also known as the Gallo-Roman Empire.
Postumus set up the Empire's capital in Trier, in what is now the Rhineland-Palatinate of Germany.
Its emperors are known primarily from the coins they minted, and their names are as follows:
- Postumus 259 - 268
- Laelianus 268
- Marius 268
- Victorinus 268 - 270
- Tetricus I 270 - 273
- Tetricus II 270 - 274