id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-3627 Gallic Empire - Wikipedia .html text/html 2286 264 66 The Gallic Empire[a] or the Gallic Roman Empire are names used in modern historiography for a breakaway part of the Roman Empire that functioned de facto as a separate state from 260 to 274.[b] It originated during the Crisis of the Third Century, when a series of Roman military leaders and aristocrats declared themselves emperors and took control of Gaul and adjacent provinces without attempting to conquer Italy or otherwise seize the central Roman administrative apparatus.[7] Coin of Tetricus, last emperor (271–274) of the Gallic Empire The following year the younger Tetricus was made co-consul with his father, but the area under their control grew weak from internal strife, including a mutiny led by the usurper Faustinus.[14] By that time Aurelian had defeated the Palmyrene Empire and had made plans to reconquer the west. List of Gallic Emperors[edit] Consuls of the Gallic Empire[edit] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3627.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3627.txt