About the book: 2012 / The monograph is devoted to one of the controversial and almost untouched problem in Russian historiography - the creation of the "Gallic Empire", which lasted fifteen years. The crisis of the Roman Empire became one of the reasons for the manifestation of separatism in the provinces in the middle of the 3rd century. The management system that had developed during the reign of Augustus was outdated and needed radical changes, the economy was subjected to severe shocks, and the situation was aggravated by frequent invasions of Germanic tribes. The “Gallic Empire” became one of the attempts to overcome the crisis that engulfed the Roman state. Based on a wide range of sources and research, the author analyzes the reasons for the creation of the “Gallic Empire”, the political status of this entity, its territorial composition, solves problems of chronology, identifies the main directions of the internal and the foreign policy of the Gallic emperors. Particular attention is paid to the reign of the first Gallic emperor Postumus, the circumstances that contributed to his rise to power, the army and the regions that swore allegiance to him. The active domestic and foreign policy pursued by Postumus contributed to overcoming the crisis and stabilizing the situation in the regions that were part of the “Gallic Empire”».