Name the faction

[Ranika]

This is an ancient, mistaken perception by a foreign people; the Belgae were clearly not Gauls. They were Celts though. However, they had their own gods, their own clothing, rituals, structures, used different types of shields, weapons of a different shape (their swords are often a bit shorter due to less iron), and sometimes even still used axes in combat (most Celts had abandoned axes in favor of swords and spears). They decorated their objects with different styles of art, more similar to what many Britons used, as well as some Germanic forms in eastern Belgica. So no, they are not 'Gauls', except from the Roman perception (which is hardly an enlightened, thorough view of Celtic peoples). They are, today, viewed rightfully as their own Celtic sub-culture, just like midland Britons and the like. For the whole of the period, they were pretty disassociated with Gauls (though they were close to Gallic-Britons at different times). They did share a common language with Gauls, but it's improper to call them 'Gauls'; they were a collection of their own tribes that often aligned themselves against Gauls in an attempt for a land-grab to expand their own land control for their multitude of Belgic tribes.