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Province, 117 CE
Germania Inferior
Imperial province, consular legateCapital: Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium
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.
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Sources
- Tacitus, Annals 12.27
- Barrington Atlas
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