Gallia (English: Gaul), was a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age occupied by present-day France, Belgium and other neighbouring countries.

Gallia or Gallian may also refer to:

Places

Roman provincia

  • Roman Gaul, sometimes referred to as Roman Gallia, including:
  • Gallia Cisalpina in present-day north Italy, a propraetorial province sometimes referred to as Gallia Citerior, Provincia Ariminum, or Gallia Togata, subdivided into:
  • Gallia Transpadana, the part of Cisalpine Gaul between the river Po and the Alps
  • Gallia Cispadana, the part of Cisalpine Gaul to the south of the river Po
  • Gallia Narbonensis mainly in present-day south France, also known as Gallia Transalpina
  • Gallia Comata mainly in present-day west, central and north France, divided in 22 BC into three provincia:
  • Gallia Aquitania in present-day central and western France
  • Gallia Belgica mainly in present-day northeastern France and Belgium
  • Gallia Lugdunensis in present-day eastern and northern France
  • Gallia Viennensis, in present-day south France

Other places

  • Excelsior Hotel Gallia, a hotel in Milan, Italy
  • , the Greek name for France
  • Gallia Celtica, a region mainly in present-day France inhabited by Celts
  • Gallia County, Ohio, a county in southern Ohio, United States
  • Gallia, Ohio, an unincorporated community in Gallia County
  • Gallia County Local School District, a school district in Gallia County, Ohio including:
  • North Gallia High School
  • South Gallia High School (Crown City, Ohio)
  • Gallia–Meigs Regional Airport, an airport in Gallia County, Ohio
  • Gallia County Courthouse, a courthouse in Gallia County, Ohio
  • Natività di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo a Via Gallia, a church in Rome

Fictional places

  • Gallia, a fictional comet, setting for most of Jules Verne's Off on a Comet
  • Gallia, a country in Nintendo's video games Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
  • Gallia, the main setting for the Valkyria Chronicles, video game series produced by Sega

People

Individuals

  • Bert Gallia (1891–1976), American baseball player
  • Chantal Gallia (1956–2022), Algerian-born French singer, humorist, and impersonator
  • Fabio Gallia (1963–2024), Italian banker, manager and businessman
  • Jason Gallian (born 1971), English cricketer
  • Joseph Gallian (born 1942), American mathematician
  • Ketti Gallian (1912–1972), French actress
  • Maria Gallia (), Italian-born British soprano
  • Octave Gallian (1855–1918), French painter

Multiple persons or groups of people

  • Gallia gens, an ancient Roman family
  • Gallians, alumni of Lawrence College Ghora Gali
  • Gauls, the pre-Roman inhabitants of Gaul
  • Gaulish language, spoken by the Gauls

Fictional people

  • Gallia, a historic personification of France
  • Gallia (goddess), a Gaulish goddess mentioned in an inscription found at the site of Vindolanda
  • Gallian, a character in the Uwe Boll film In the Name of the King

Arts and entertainment

  • Commentarii de Bello Gallico, 58–49 BC account of the Gallic Wars by Julius Caesar, sometimes referred to by its opening phrase or as Omnia Gallia
  • Franco-Gallia, 1573 treatise by François Hotman
  • Gallia (Gounod), 1871 motet by Charles Gounod
  • Gallia (novel), 1895 novel by Ménie Muriel Dowie
  • Gallia Protects Bavaria, an 1805 painting by Marianne Kürzinger
  • Plaude Laetare Gallia, 1668 motet by Jean-Baptiste Lully and Pierre Perrin

Sports

  • Gallia Club International, a tennis tournament held 1924–1968
  • Gallia Club Paris (founded 1896, disbanded 1940), a football club based in Paris, France
  • GC Lucciana (Gallica Club de Lucciana), a football club based in Corsica, France

Other

  • 148 Gallia, an asteroid
  • Gallia, another term for the chemical compound gallium(III) oxide,
  • , a transatlantic ocean liner sunk during World War I by the German submarine U-35
  • , a ship built in 1878 and broken up in 1900
  • Gallia Christiana, records of Catholic dioceses and abbeys in France
  • Gallia family Hoffmann apartment collection, a set of furniture and decorative objects designed by Josef Hoffman
  • Gallia Préhistoire, journal of prehistoric archaeology

See also

  • Galia
  • Gallica (disambiguation)
  • Gallic
  • Galician