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The location of Maldegem (56) |
Germania
inferior: small province
of the Roman empire, situated along the Lower Rhine.
This webpage is part of a series of short descriptions of villages in Germania
inferior. An overview can be found here.
In 173, the Chauci, a tribe that lived in what is now called Groningen and Ostfriesland, and was well-known for its sea-faring qualities, attacked what is now called Flanders. The governor of Gallia Belgica, Didius Julianus, defeated them. Modern Maldegem occupies the site of a temporary, wooden fort built during this campaign. It was excavated in the 1990's. The fort at Aardenburg. |
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