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Provincia Germania Superior
Province of the Roman Empire
85–475
The province of Germania Superior within the Roman Empire, c. 125
Capital
Mogontiacum
Historical era
Antiquity
• Established after the Gallic wars
85
• Gallic Empire
260–274
• Frankish Empire
475
Succeeded by
Frankish Empire
Today part of
France Germany Switzerland
The Roman empire in the time of Hadrian (ruled AD 117–138), showing, on the upper Rhine river, the imperial province of Germania Superior (Franche-Comté/Alsace-Lorraine/Baden-Württemberg), and the two legions deployed there in 125
Germania Superior ("Upper Germania") was an imperial province of the Roman Empire. It comprised an area of today's western Switzerland, the French Jura and Alsace regions, and southwestern Germany. Important cities were Besançon (Vesontio), Strasbourg (Argentoratum), Wiesbaden (Aquae Mattiacae), and Germania Superior's capital, Mainz (Mogontiacum). It comprised the Middle Rhine, bordering on the Limes Germanicus, and on the Alpine province of Raetia to the south-east. Although it had been occupied militarily since the reign of Augustus, Germania Superior (along with Germania Inferior) was not made into an official province until c. 85 AD.[1]
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GermaniaSuperior ("Upper Germania") was an imperial province of the Roman Empire. It comprised an area of today's western Switzerland, the French Jura...
Germania (/dʒərˈmeɪni.ə/ jər-MAY-nee-ə; Latin: [ɡɛrˈmaːni.a]), also called Magna Germania (English: Great Germania), Germania Libera (English: Free Germania)...
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...
praetor, consul, and governor to the provinces of Gallia Aquitania, GermaniaSuperior, and Africa during the first half of the first century AD. He retired...
Primigenia was first stationed in Mogontiacum in the Roman province of GermaniaSuperior, guarding the Rhine border as part of the limes. Along with the rest...
devoted to Nero, which led Lucius Verginius Rufus, the governor of GermaniaSuperior, to march on Vindex. He besieged Vesontio, capital of the Sequani...
Alsace was inhabited by nomadic hunters. Part of the province of GermaniaSuperior in the Roman Empire, the area went on to become a diffuse border region...
the Roman Empire, and became the capital of the Roman province of GermaniaSuperior. The city was settled by the Franks from 459 on, and in the 8th century...
is unclear whether by legatus this Acilius Strabo was governor of GermaniaSuperior, or possibly the commander of a legion stationed in the province;...
GermaniaSuperior ALAE XXX COHORTES COHORTES Gallorum Indiana I Scubulorum I Aquitanorum veterana III Aquitanorum eq c.R. IV Aquitanorum eq c.R. I Asturum...
conquering Germania, and is thus considered one of the most important events in European history. The provinces of GermaniaSuperior and Germania Inferior...
time in AD 12. The year after, he was made proconsul of Germania Inferior, GermaniaSuperior, and all of Gaul. From there he commanded eight legions,...
an attempted coup by Lucius Antonius Saturninus, the governor of GermaniaSuperior. Trajan probably remained in the region after the revolt was quashed...
Vindelicorum (Augsburg). Cannstatt was a part of the Roman imperial province GermaniaSuperior. As with many military installations, a settlement sprang up nearby...
Hesselbach Castle was originally a Roman fortress of the older Odenwald line of the Neckar-Odenwald Limes. The present-day archaeological site is located...
Hispania. Emperor Claudius likely transferred the legion to Mainz in GermaniaSuperior to replace the XIV Gemina. Probably in 41 AD.However. Some people...
Moguntiacum (Mainz). The two original military districts of Germania Inferior and GermaniaSuperior, came to influence the surrounding tribes, who later respected...
southern part of Germany. The term is first found in medieval Latin as GermaniaSuperior, for example in chapter 23 of the Imago mundi of Honorius Augustodunensis...
Roman province of Gallia Belgica[citation needed] (22 BC), later into GermaniaSuperior (AD 83). The Helvetians, like the rest of Gaul, were largely Romanized...
Nero Claudius Drusus established a military outpost belonging to the GermaniaSuperior Roman province close to a Gaulish village near the banks of the Rhine...
and biological uncle, Emperor Tiberius. Stationed in Moguntiacum, GermaniaSuperior from AD 9, Legio XIV Gemina Martia Victrix was one of four legions...
Bad Wimpfen (German: [baːt ˈvimpfn̩] ) is a historic spa town in the district of Heilbronn in the Baden-Württemberg region of southern Germany. It lies...
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...
Historical era Migration Period, Early Middle Ages • Alemanni invade Germaniasuperior 213 • Under Frankish suzerainty 496 • Under direct Carolingian rule...
Pamphylia which had been a part of the province of Galatia. AD 83/84 – GermaniaSuperior (southern Germany) The push into southern Germany up to the Agri Decumates...
provinces. As a result, Heidelberg became part of the province of GermaniaSuperior (Upper Germania), whose capital was Mogontiacum (Mainz). In response to an...
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