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:

Middelburg, Zeeuws museum

The Dutch province of Zeeland is not famous for its Roman ruins. The waters in the estuaries of the Scheldt, Meuse, and Waal have destroyed much of the ancient landscape. The main monument, a sanctuary dedicated to Nehalennia, is only…

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Monheim am Rhein, Haus Bürgel

Although it is now on the East bank of the Rhine, Burungum was a Roman settlement on the river’s western bank. The great stream changed its course in 1374. At that moment, the fourth-century fort had already been converted into…

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Morlanwelz, Musée de Mariemont

About a year ago, I visited the exposition on the Celts in the Musée de Mariemont in Morlanweltz, which is east of Charleroi in Belgium. The exposition dealt with the ethnogenesis of the Celts in Bohemia, and also deals with…

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Neuss-Reckberg

Neuss-Reckberg: auxiliary fort of the legionary base at Neuss (Germany).Near the large legionary base of Neuss was a small fort at Reckberg, which is not fully understood. It was close to the river Rhine and appears to have been built…

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