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Germania Inferior
Lower Germania
Province of the Roman Empire
83–475

The province of Germania Inferior within the Roman Empire, c. 117
CapitalColonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (CCAA)
Historical eraAntiquity
• Established after the Gallic wars
83
• Gallic Empire
260–274
• Francia
475
Succeeded by
Frankish Empire Germania Inferior
Today part ofNetherlands
Belgium
Germany
Luxembourg

Germania Inferior ("Lower Germania") was a Roman province from AD 85 until the province was renamed Germania Secunda in the 4th century AD, on the west bank of the Rhine bordering the North Sea. The capital of the province was Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (modern-day Cologne).

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Germania Inferior

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Germania Inferior ("Lower Germania") was a Roman province from AD 85 until the province was renamed Germania Secunda in the 4th century AD, on the west...

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Germania

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Germania (/dʒərˈmeɪni.ə/ jər-MAY-nee-ə; Latin: [ɡɛrˈmaːni.a]), also called Magna Germania (English: Great Germania), Germania Libera (English: Free Germania)...

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Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo

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47, the new Emperor Claudius made him commander of the armies in Germania Inferior, with a base camp in Colonia (Cologne). The new assignment was a difficult...

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Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium

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Germania Inferior and the headquarters of the military in the region. With administrative reforms under Diocletian it became the capital of Germania Secunda...

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Legio IX Hispana

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cavalry escaped. The legion was later reinforced with legionaries from the Germania provinces. When Cerialis returned as governor of Britain ten years later...

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List of Roman governors of Germania Inferior

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of Germania Inferior (and Germania Secunda from 395 until the deposition of Romulus Augustulus in 476). Capital and largest city of Germania Inferior was...

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Germania Superior

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Augustus, Germania Superior (along with Germania Inferior) was not made into an official province until c. 85 AD. The terms, "Upper Germania" and "Lower...

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Legio I Germanica

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Rapax, V Alaudae, I Germanica and XX Valeria Victrix of the army of Germania Inferior heard of the mutiny at their summer camp among the Ubii. Aroused by...

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Germania Antiqua

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into either Germania Inferior or Germania Superior in AD 85. In Tacitus, Germania Antiqua or Germania Barbara, are synonyms of Germania Transrhenana...

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Revolt of the Batavi

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Revolt of the Batavi took place in the Roman province of Germania Inferior ("Lower Germania") between AD 69 and 70. It was an uprising against the Roman...

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Gallia Belgica

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size. Diocletian brought the northeastern Civitas Tungrorum into Germania Inferior, joining the Rhineland colonies, and the remaining part of Gallia...

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Germanicus

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first time in AD 12. The year after, he was made proconsul of Germania Inferior, Germania Superior, and all of Gaul. From there he commanded eight legions...

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Vitellius

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command the army of Germania Inferior by emperor Galba. He was later proclaimed emperor in January by the armies of Germania Inferior and Superior, beginning...

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Colonia Ulpia Traiana

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(sometimes called "Castra Vetera") was a colonia in the Roman province of Germania inferior, founded by emperor Trajan. It was located in the area of today's...

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Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix

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In 122 they were moved to Colonia Ulpia Traiana (modern Xanten) in Germania Inferior, where they remained for the following centuries. Their main tasks...

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Pliny the Elder

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Domitius Corbulo, himself a writer (whose works did not survive) in Germania Inferior. In AD 47, he took part in the Roman conquest of the Chauci and the...

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Legio V Alaudae

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Germania Inferior, which included the Legio V Alaudae marched to the south and defeated Gaius Julius Vindex. Therefore, the army of Germania Inferior...

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Netherlands in the Roman era

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part of Gallia Belgica, this area became part of the province of Germania Inferior. The tribes already within, or relocated to, this area became part...

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Lost legions

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Hispana, disappeared from surviving reports in Britannia 108 AD and Germania Inferior around 130 AD This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...

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Year of the Four Emperors

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sent the old and disabled Hordeonius Flaccus to Germania Superior and Aulus Vitellius to Germania Inferior; the latter being mostly known at the time as...

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Battle of the Teutoburg Forest

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conquering Germania, and is thus considered one of the most important events in European history. The provinces of Germania Superior and Germania Inferior, sometimes...

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Netherlands

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the Roman provinces of downstream Germania Inferior (nowadays part of Belgium and the Netherlands) and upstream Germania Superior. Thus, in the case of the...

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List of Roman auxiliary regiments

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Germania Inferior ALAE XXX COHORTES COHORTES Afrorum veterana Longiniana Gallorum Gallorum et Thracum classiana Moesica felix I Noricorum c.R. Sulpicia...

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Didius Julianus

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political career, governing several provinces, including Dalmatia and Germania Inferior, and defeated the Chauci and Chatti, two invading Germanic tribes...

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Utrecht

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Utrecht (/ˈjuːtrɛkt/ YOO-trekt, Dutch: [ˈytrɛxt] , Utrecht dialect: Ut(e)reg [ˈytəʁɛχ]) is the fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital...

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Cugerni

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a particular territory within the Roman province of Germania Inferior, which later became Germania Secunda. More precisely they lived near modern Xanten...

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Ripuarian Franks

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Rhineland-Palatinate, but apparently the whole of the Germania Inferior (re-named in the Late Roman Empire as Germania II) and Gallia Belgica II. The border between...

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Otho

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the problem of the rebellion of Vitellius, commander of the army in Germania Inferior, Otho led a sizeable force which met Vitellius' army at the Battle...

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