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Province, 117 CE
Germania Superior
Imperial province, consular legateCapital: Mogontiacum
The upper Rhine and Main frontier, also made a formal province in 85 CE. Mogontiacum — modern Mainz — anchored two legions at the river crossing; the Taunus limes running east of the Rhine had been pushed forward under the Flavians and was still being consolidated with a chain of new forts when Trajan died.
13 places on the map
- Argentorate · Fort
- Castellum Arnsburg · Auxiliary Fort
- Castellum Echzell · Auxiliary Fort
- Castellum Kapersburg · Auxiliary Fort
- Castellum Markobel · Auxiliary Fort
- Castellum Rueckingen · Auxiliary Fort
- Castellum Saalburg · Auxiliary Fort
- Castellum Zugmantel · Auxiliary Fort
- Lake Neuchatel Wreck · Shipwreck
- Limeswachturm Wp 4/49 · Signal Tower
- Mogontiacum · Fort
- Proelium adversus Ariovistum · Battle
- Tabernae · Kiln
Sources
- Tacitus, Germania
- Barrington Atlas
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