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Province, 117 CE

Germania Superior

Imperial province, consular legateCapital: MogontiacumRoman since 85 CE

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.

Formalized as a province by Domitian in 85 CE, after decades run as a military district along the upper Rhine.

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Sources

  • Tacitus, Germania
  • Barrington Atlas

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