Germania Inferior was a Roman province located on the left bank of the Rhine, in today's southern and western Netherlands, and Nordrhein-Westfalen left of the Rhine. Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC In Ancient Rome, a province (Latin provincia, pl provinciae) was the basic and until the Tetrarchy (circa The Rhine (Rhein Rijn Rhin Reno Rain Rhenus is one of the longest and most important Rivers in Europe at 1320 kilometres (820 mi with an average discharge The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen usually shortened to NRW, official short form NW is the westernmost and - in terms of population and economic output - the The principal settlements of the province were Castra Vetera and Colonia Ulpia Traiana (both near Xanten), Coriovallum (Heerlen), Albaniana (Alphen aan den Rijn), Lugdunum Batavorum (Katwijk) Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum (Nijmegen), Trajectum ad Rhenum (Utrecht), Atuatuca Tungrorum (Tongeren), Bona (Bonn), and Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne), the capital of Germania Inferior. Xanten ('ksantən is a historic Town in the North Rhine-Westphalia state of Germany, located in the district of Wesel. Heerlen ( is a City and a Municipality in the southeastern Netherlands The municipality is the second largest in the province of Limburg. Alphen aan den Rijn (population 70927 in 2006 is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, between Katwijk (population 61292 is a coastal municipality and town in the province of South Holland in the western Netherlands. Nijmegen (ˈnɛɪmeɣən) (obsolete spellings Nijmwegen Nymegen Nieumeghen &mdash Nimwegen in local dialect and in German, Nimègue in French Utrecht ( city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. Tongeren ( French: Tongres, German: Tongern) is a City and municipality located in the province of Limburg Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia
The army of Germania Inferior, known from inscriptions simply as EX. GER. INF. (Exercitus Germania Inferior), had several legions at its service: of these, the Legions I Minervia and XXX Ulpia Victrix were the most permanent. For other uses see Legion The Roman Legion (from Latin legio "military levy Conscription," Legio I Minervia (Latin prima minérvia) was a Roman legion levied by emperor Domitian in 82, for the campaign against Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix was a Roman legion levied by the Emperor Trajan in 100 for the Dacian Wars. The Roman Navy's Classis Germanica, charged with patrolling the Rhine and the North Sea coast, was based in Castra Vetera and later in Agrippinensis. The Roman Navy ( Latin: Classis, lit "fleet" comprised the naval forces of the Roman state The Rhine (Rhein Rijn Rhin Reno Rain Rhenus is one of the longest and most important Rivers in Europe at 1320 kilometres (820 mi with an average discharge The North Sea is a marginal, Epeiric sea of the Atlantic Ocean on the European Continental shelf.
The first confrontations between a Roman army and the peoples of Germania Inferior occurred during Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars. The Gallic Wars were a series of Military campaigns waged by the Roman proconsul Julius Caesar against several Gallic tribes, lasting from Caesar invaded the region in 57 BC and in the next three years annihilated several Germanic tribes, including the Eburones and the Menapii. Year 57 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Consuls Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther The Eburones ( Greek:, Strabo) were a people of Germanic descent that lived in the upper north of Gallia largely between the Rhine and the The Menapii were a Belgic tribe of northern Gaul in pre-Roman and Roman times
Germania Inferior had Roman settlements since approximately 50 BC and was at first part of Gallia Belgica; it was established as a Roman province in the year 90, later becoming an Imperial province. Year 50 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gallia Belgica was a Roman province located in what is now the southern part of the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, northeastern In Ancient Rome, a province (Latin provincia, pl provinciae) was the basic and until the Tetrarchy (circa Year 90 was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. An imperial province was a Roman province where the Emperor had the sole right to appoint governors It lay north of Germania Superior, together with which it made up Germania. Germania Superior ("Upper Germania " so called for the reason that it lay upstream of Germania Inferior, was a province of the Germania was the Latin Exonym for The epithet Inferior refers to its downstream position.
See also
- Conquest of Germania Inferior
- Major rebellions and attacks (see Batavian rebellion for instance)
- Influence of Germania Inferior on Roman politics (see Germanicus)
- Final abandonment of the province
References
Jona Lendering, De randen van de aarde. The Revolt of the Batavi took place in the Roman province of Germania Inferior (S Germanicus Julius Caesar ( 24 May 16 BC or 15 BC&ndash October 10, 19) De Romeinen tussen Schelde en Maas, (2000 Amsterdam)
External links
- Livius.org: Germania inferior
- http://www.library.ucla.edu/yrl/reference/maps/blaeu/germania-inferior-nt.htm#qvarta_branbantiae Blaeu Atlas Germania Inferior
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