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The limes of Germania Inferior and its hinterland
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Reconstruction of a
Roman
legionary (Rheinisches
Landesmuseum, Bonn)
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Germania inferior: small province
of the Roman empire, situated along the Lower Rhine.
Its capital was Cologne. This webpage offers an overview of some sixty
topographical names.
(©**)
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Conquest and defeat
Tribes and languages
Romanization I
Romanization II
The legions
The western border
Caligula and Corbulo
The Batavian revolt
The limes
The towns
The towns (cont'd)
The countryside
Crops
Taxes, trade and crafts
Religion
The third century
The fourth century
The language boundary
Christianity
The Franks
Literature
Topography
Visit
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Part of the Dutch limes:
a roadon a dike. Reconstruction
near Valkenburg
(©**)
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From number on map to placename
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Modern reconstruction of
a Roman watchtower
(Vechten)
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From Latin placename to number on map
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| Albaniana |
Alphen aan den Rijn |
6 |
| Ara Ubiorum |
Köln |
37 |
| Asciburgium |
Moers-Asberg |
30 |
| Atuatuca Tungrorum |
Tongeren |
44 |
| Batavodurum |
Nijmegen-Valkhof |
20 |
| Blariacum |
Blerick |
47 |
| Bonna |
Bonn |
39 |
| Burginatium |
Alt-Kalkar |
26 |
| Burungum |
? |
35 |
| Calo |
? |
29 |
| Carvium |
Herwen-De Bijland |
22 |
| Carvo |
Kesteren |
15 |
| Castra Herculis |
Arnhem-Meinerswijk |
18 |
| Castra Vetera |
Xanten-Birten |
28 |
| Ceuclum |
Cuijk |
24 |
| Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium |
Köln |
37 |
| Colonia Ulpia Traiana |
Xanten |
27 |
| Coriovallum |
Heerlen |
42 |
| Divitia |
Köln-Deutz |
38 |
| Durnomagus |
Dormagen |
36 |
| Fectio |
Vechten |
12 |
| Feresnes |
Stokkem? |
45 |
| Flevum |
Velsen |
1 |
| Forum Hadriani |
Voorburg |
50 |
| Fossa Corbulonis |
Canal of Corbulo |
57 |
| Fossa Drusiana |
Canal of Drusus |
58 |
| Ganuenta |
Colijnsplaat |
53 |
| Gelduba |
Krefeld-Gellep |
32 |
| Grinnes |
Rossum |
49 |
| Harenatium |
Rindern |
25 |
| Helinio |
Oostvoorne? |
51 |
| Iuliacum |
Jülich |
41 |
| Laurium |
Woerden |
9 |
| Levefanum |
Rijswijk |
13 |
| Lugdunum |
Katwijk-Brittenburg |
2 |
| Mannaricium |
Maurik |
14 |
| Matilo |
Leiden-Roomburg |
5 |
| Nigrum Pullum |
Zwammerdam |
7 |
| Novaesium |
Neuss |
33 |
| Noviomagus |
Nijmegen-Hunerberg |
23 |
| Oppidum Batavorum |
Nijmegen |
20 |
| Oppidum Cananefatum |
Voorburg |
50 |
| Oppidum Tungrorum |
Tongeren |
44 |
| Praetorium Agrippinae |
Valkenburg |
3 |
| Quadriburgium |
Qualburg |
- |
| Rigomagus |
Remagen |
40 |
| Traiectum |
Utrecht |
11 |
| Traiectum ad Mosam |
Maastricht |
43 |
| Ulpia Noviomagus |
Nijmegen |
20 |
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Jupiter killing a giant
Gallo-Romeins
Museum
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From modern placename to number on map
| Aardenburg |
? |
55 |
| Alphen aan den Rijn |
Albaniana |
6 |
| Alt-Kalkar |
Burginatium |
26 |
| Arnhem-Meinerswijk |
Castra Herculius |
18 |
| Blerick |
Blariacum |
47 |
| Bodegraven |
? |
8 |
| Bonn |
Bonna |
39 |
| Brittenburg |
Lugdunum |
2 |
| Canal of Corbulo |
Fossa Corbulonis |
57 |
| Canal of Drusus |
Fossa Drusiana |
58 |
| Colijnsplaat |
Ganuenta |
53 |
| Cuijk |
Ceuclum |
24 |
| Dormagen |
Durnomagus |
36 |
| Driel |
? |
17 |
| Elst |
? |
19 |
| Empel |
? |
- |
| Goedereede-Oude Wereld |
? |
52 |
| Heel |
? |
46 |
| Heerlen |
Coriovallum |
42 |
| Herwen-De Bijland |
Carvium |
22 |
| Jülich |
Iuliacum |
41 |
| Katwijk-Brittenburg |
Lugdunum |
2 |
| Kesteren |
Carvo |
15 |
| Köln |
Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium |
37 |
| Köln-Alteburg |
? |
- |
| Köln-Deutz |
Divitia |
38 |
| Krefeld-Gellep |
Gelduba |
32 |
| Leiden-Roomburg |
Matilo |
5 |
| Loowaard |
? |
21 |
| Lottum |
? |
48 |
| Maastricht |
Traiectum ad Mosam |
43 |
| Maldegem |
? |
56 |
| Maurik |
Mannaricium |
14 |
| Asciburgium |
Moers-Asberg |
30 |
| Neuss |
Novaesium |
33 |
| Nijmegen |
Ulpia Noviomagus / Batavodurum |
20 |
| Nijmegen-Hunerberg |
Noviomagus |
23 |
| Oostvoorne |
Helinio? |
51 |
| Qualburg |
Quadriburgium |
- |
| Randwijk |
? |
16 |
| Reckberg |
? |
34 |
| Remagen |
Rigomagus |
40 |
| Rijswijk |
Levefanum |
13 |
| Rindern |
Harenatium |
25 |
| Roompot |
? |
54 |
| Rossum |
Grinnes |
49 |
| Stokkem |
Feresnes? |
45 |
| Tongeren |
Atuatuca Tungrorum |
44 |
| Utrecht |
Traiectum |
11 |
| Utrecht-De Meern |
? |
10 |
| Valkenburg |
Praetorium Agrippinae |
3 |
| Valkenburg-Marktveld |
? |
4 |
| Velsen |
Flevum |
1 |
| Vechten |
Fectio |
12 |
| Vinxtbach |
Ad fines |
- |
| Voorburg |
Forum Hadriani |
50 |
| Walcheren-De Roompot |
? |
54 |
| Werthausen |
? |
31 |
| Woerden |
Laurium |
9 |
| Xanten |
Colonia Ulpia Traiana |
27 |
| Xanten-Birten |
Vetera |
28 |
| Zwammerdam |
Nigrum Pullum |
7 |
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