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Province, 117 CE
Germania Inferior
Imperial province, consular legateCapital: Colonia Claudia Ara AgrippinensiumRoman since 85 CE
The lower Rhine frontier, formalized as a province under Domitian in 85 CE after decades as a military district. Two legions held the river line; the provincial capital, modern Cologne, was founded as a colony for veterans and named for Agrippina the Younger, who was born there.
Formalized as a province by Domitian in 85 CE, after decades run as a military district along the lower Rhine.
Cities on the map
15 places on the map
- Bathhouse of the Bonna vicus · Bathhouse
- Canabae of Bonna · Vicus
- City Wall of the Colonia · Wall
- Cologne Fleet Base · Naval Base
- Corbulo's Canal · Canal
- Fortress of Legio I Minervia (Bonna) · Fort
- Fortress of Legio VI Victrix (Vetera) · Fort
- Praetorium (Governor's Palace) · Palace
- Roman cemetery south of the Bonna fortress · Necropolis
- Roman river landing stage of Bonna · Port
- Siege of Vetera · Battle
- Tomb of Poblicius · Mausoleum
- Ubiermonument (harbor defense tower) · Wall
- Vicus of Bonna at the Gronau · Vicus
- Weiden Roman Burial Chamber · Tomb
Sources
- Tacitus, Annals 12.27
- Barrington Atlas
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