Gallica is the digital library of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France for distant users. It was established in 1997. A digital library is a library in which a significant proportion of the resources are available in machine-readable format (as opposed to print or microform), accessible by means of computers. ... The new buildings of the library. ...
As of January 2004, Gallica made available on the Web: 70,000 scanned volumes, 1,200 full-text volumes, 500 audio documents, and 80,000 images.
Gallica 2000 is the latest version of the Bibliothèque nationale de France digital library, and contains multimedia documents spanning the entire period from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century.
The Gallica project began in 1997, and was successively extended to include the Gallica Classique collection and the Proust File.
Gallica thus offers a broad selection of essays, guides, novels, poetry, reference material and lesser known works to help everyone, from browsers to book lovers and from college students to academics, to further their knowledge of a historical epoch through contemporary political, philosophical, scientific or literary issues.
Legio III Gallica was a Roman legion levied by Julius Caesar around 49 BC, for his civil war against the conservative republicans led by Pompey.
Following Caesar's death, III Gallica was integrated in the army of Mark Antony, a member of the second triumvirate, for his campaigns against the Parthians.
III Gallica was used in Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo's campaign against the Parthians over the control of Armenia (AD Corbulo's successes triggered emperor Nero's paranoia of persecution and eventually the general was forced to commit suicide.
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