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Because continued resistance to Roman rule in Armorica was supported by Celtic aristocrats in BritainThe word Britain is used to refer to the United Kingdom (UK): i. the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (from 1927), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ( 1801- 1927) or the United Kingdom of Great Britain ( 1707- 1801)., Julius CaesarAlternative meanings: Julius Caesar (disambiguation). Gaius Julius Caesar ( Latin: C·IVLIVS·C·F·C·N·CAESAR) ( July 13, 100 BC March 15, 44 BC) was a Roman military and political leader whose conquest of Gallia Comata extended the Roman world all the way t led two invasions of Britain in 55Centuries: 2nd century BC 1st century BC 1st century Decades: 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC Years: 60 BC 59 BC 58 BC 57 BC 56 BC 55 BC 54 BC 53 BC 52 BC 51 BC 50 BC Events Julius Caesar commands the first Rom and 54 BCCenturies: 2nd century BC 1st century BC 1st century Decades: 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC Years: 59 BC 58 BC 57 BC 56 BC 55 BC 54 BC 53 BC 52 BC 51 BC 50 BC 49 BC Events Julius Caesar's second expedition to in response.

Under the Roman Empire60 and 400 with major cities. During this time only Dacia and Mesopotamia were added to the Empire but were lost before 300. The Roman Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Roman state in the centuries following its reorganization under t, Armorica was administered as part of the province of LugdunensisGallia Lugdunensis was a province of the Roman Empire roughly encompassing the regions of Brittany, Normandy and the area around Lutetia Parisiorum ( Paris) in what is now the modern country of France. Its capital was Lugdunum (today's Lyon). See also: Ga, which had its capital in LyonThis article is about the French city. For other usages (as Lyons , see Lyons (disambiguation). Lyon Region Rhone-Alpes Departement Rhone Arrondissement Lyon Cantonschief town of 14 cantons Population (1999)453,187 Population of the metropolitan area aires. When the Roman provinceA Roman province (Latin, provincia was the largest territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's foreign possessions (beyond the Italian peninsula). The word province in modern English therefore has its origins in the term employed by the Romas were reorganized in the 4th century, Armorica was placed under the second and third Lugdunensium provinces. Armorica rebelled from the Roman Empire in the 430s and again in the 440s, throwing out the ruling officials.

As the Brittany peninsula came to be settled with Romano-British from Britain in the 5th through 7th centuries, and Vikings or Northmen settled in the Cotentin peninsula and the lower Seine around Rouen in the 9th and 10th centuries, these regions came to be known as Brittany and Normandy respectively, and the name Armorica fell out of use.