For other uses, see
Belgica (disambiguation). Gallia Belgica was a
Roman province located in what is now the southern part of the
Netherlands,
Belgium,
Luxembourg, northeastern
France, and western
Germany. The indigenous population of Gallia Belgica consisted of a mixture of
Celtic and
Germanic tribes, often described as the
Belgae. According to
Julius Caesar, the border between Gallia and Belgica was formed by the
Marne and the
Seine and that with Germania by the
Rhine The area is the historical heart of the
Low Countries, a region corresponding roughly to the current
Benelux group of states, the
Netherlands,
Belgium, and
Luxembourg as well as the
French Flanders and some part of the
Rhineland.
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