Ancient Rome · TURNING POINT ·
Gallic Empire (260)
On the Ancient Rome map as “The Gallic Empire”
AD 260 — Postumus, commander on the Rhine, is proclaimed emperor at Trier. Gaul, Britain and briefly Spain obey him, not Rome — see the hatched west.
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- Crisis of the Third Century (chapter 8 of Ancient Rome)
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- The Rise and Fall of Rome, 264 BC – AD 476
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