Germania Inferior
"Germania Inferior" was the name of a province of the Roman Empire, more or less identical with the southern part of the Netherlands and a piece of western Germany. In this category, you will also find articles about the land across the Rhine and the adjacent provinces: Germania Superior and Gallia Belgica.
There are 688 items in Germania Inferior:
The Herwen Mole Inscription |
Hludana
Hludana: Germanic goddess, venerated in the area of ancient Xanten and Nijmegen. The Hludana inscription from Beetgum The Germanic goddess Hludana is…Marcus Hordeonius Flaccus
Marcus Hordeonius Flaccus (c.14-69): Roman senator, commander of the Rhine army during the Batavian revolt. His reputation has suffered severely from the biased description of his campaigns in the Rhineland by the Roman historian Tacitus. …Marcus Hordeonius Flaccus
Portrait of a man, third quarter of the first century CE (the so-called "Vitellius") Although the political situation was unclear, Marcus…Indo-Europeans
Indo-Europeans: general name for the people speaking an Indo-European language. They are (linguistic) descendants of the people of the Yamnaya culture (c.3600-2300 BCE) in Ukraine and southern Russia, and settled in the area from Western Europe to India in various migrations in…Iuliacum (Jülich)
Iuliacum: small town along the main road from Tongeren to Cologne (modern Jülich). Model of the Roman villa at Jülich-Hambach Iuliacum was…
Model of the Roman villa at Jülich-Hambach |
Jülich, Dedication to the Rumanehabian Mothers |
Jülich, Jupiter |
Kalkriese, Museum und Park
I recently visited two museums that illustrate Rome’s presence on the East Bank of the river Rhine: Park Kalkriese (on the site of the battle of the Teutoburg Forest) and the Westfälisches Römermuseum at Haltern. A first remark must be…Kesteren
Kesteren: site along the Lower Rhine with a concentration of Roman finds, perhaps the site of a limes fort.The modern name Kesteren suggests the presence of an ancient castle (castra). At this place, a Roman cemetery has been excavated (in…Kneblinghausen
Kneblinghausen: town in Germany, site of an ancient Roman fort. The northwestern wall The remains of the Roman fort that can be…