Germania Inferior

Germania Inferior was a Roman Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization [i] that grew out of the city-state [i] of Rome [i], founded in the Italian Peninsula [i] ...

province Roman province

In Ancient Rome [i], a province was the basic, and until the Tetrarchy [i], largest territorial and admi ...

located on the left bank of the Rhine Rhine

The Rhine River is one of the longest and most important river [i]s in Europe [i] at 1,320 kilometres [i] ...

, in today's southern and western Netherlands Netherlands

The Netherlands is the Europe [i]an part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands [i] , which is formed ...

and western Germany Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country [i] in central Europe [i]. ...

. The principal settlements of the province were Bona , Castra Vetera and Colonia Ulpia Traiana , Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum , Trajectum ad Rhenum , and Colonia Agrippinensis , the capital of Germania Inferior. The army of Germania Inferior, known from inscriptions simply as EX.GER.INF. , had several legions Roman legion

The Roman legion was the basic military unit of the ancient Roman [i] army [i]. ...

at its service: of these, the Legions I Minervia Legio I Minervia

Legio I Minervia was a Roman legion [i] levied by emperor Domitian [i] in 82 [i], for the campaign a ...

and XXX Ulpia Victrix Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix

Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix was a Roman legion [i] levied by the Emperor Trajan [i] in 100 [i] for the Dacian Wars [i] ...

were the most permanent.

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5 Tiberius Tiberius

Tiberius Caesar Augustus, born Tiberius Claudius Nero , was the second Roman Emperor [i], from the ...

conquers Germania Inferior

11 Germania Inferior and the Rhine Rhine

The Rhine River is one of the longest and most important river [i]s in Europe [i] at 1,320 kilometres [i] ...

secured by Germanicus Germanicus

Iulius Caesar Claudianus Germanicus was a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty [i] of the early Roman Empire [i] ...

90 Cologne Cologne

Cologne is Germany [i]'s fourth-largest city after Berlin [i], Hamburg [i] and Munich [i], and is the l ...

becomes the capital of Germania Inferior.

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Germania Inferior was a Roman Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization [i] that grew out of the city-state [i] of Rome [i], founded in the Italian Peninsula [i] ...

province Roman province

In Ancient Rome [i], a province was the basic, and until the Tetrarchy [i], largest territorial and admi ...

located on the left bank of the Rhine Rhine

The Rhine River is one of the longest and most important river [i]s in Europe [i] at 1,320 kilometres [i] ...

, in today's southern and western Netherlands Netherlands

The Netherlands is the Europe [i]an part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands [i] , which is formed ...

and western Germany Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country [i] in central Europe [i]. ...

. The principal settlements of the province were Bona , Castra Vetera and Colonia Ulpia Traiana , Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum , Trajectum ad Rhenum , and Colonia Agrippinensis , the capital of Germania Inferior.

The army of Germania Inferior, known from inscriptions simply as EX.GER.INF. , had several legions Roman legion

The Roman legion was the basic military unit of the ancient Roman [i] army [i]. ...

at its service: of these, the Legions I Minervia Legio I Minervia

Legio I Minervia was a Roman legion [i] levied by emperor Domitian [i] in 82 [i], for the campaign a ...

and XXX Ulpia Victrix Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix

Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix was a Roman legion [i] levied by the Emperor Trajan [i] in 100 [i] for the Dacian Wars [i] ...

were the most permanent. The Roman Navy's Classis Germanica Roman Navy

The Roman Navy operated between the First Punic War [i] and the end of the Western Roman Empire [i]. ...

, charged with patrolling the Rhine Rhine

The Rhine River is one of the longest and most important river [i]s in Europe [i] at 1,320 kilometres [i] ...

and the North Sea North Sea

he North Sea is a sea [i] of the Atlantic Ocean [i], located between Norway [i] and Denmark [i] in the ...

coast, was based in Castra Vetera and later in Agrippinensis.

The first confrontations between a Roman army and the peoples of Germania Inferior occurred during Julius Caesar Julius Caesar

Gaius Julius Caesar , July 12 [i] or July 13 [i], 100 BC [i] – March 15 [i], 44 BC [i]) was a Roman [i] ...

's Gallic Wars Gallic Wars

The Gallic Wars were a series of military campaign [i]s by several invading Roman legion [i]s under the...

. Caesar invaded the region in 57 BC and in the next three years annihilated several Germanic tribes, including the Eburones Eburones

The Eburones were a Belgic [i] tribe based in north-eastern Gaul [i] in the 1st century BC [i]. ...

and the Menapii.

Germania Inferior had had Roman settlements since approximately 50 BC and was at first part of Gallia Belgica Gallia Belgica

Gallia Belgica was a Roman province [i] located in what is now the southern part of the Netherlands [i], ...

; it was established as a Roman province Roman province

In Ancient Rome [i], a province was the basic, and until the Tetrarchy [i], largest territorial and admi ...

in the year 90, later becoming an Imperial province. It lay north of Germania Superior Germania Superior

Germania Superior , so called for the reason that it lay upstream of Germania Inferior [i] from Rome [i] ...

, together with which it made up Germania Germania

Dating back to the Roman [i] era, Germania was the Latin [i] name for a geographical area t ...

. The epithet Inferior refers to its downstream position.

References

Jona Lendering, De randen van de aarde. De Romeinen tussen Schelde en Maas,

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