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:
![]() Nijmegen, the "Lead Lady" |
![]() Nijmegen, Agraphe with christogram |
![]() Nijmegen, Amber carving of Amor |
![]() Nijmegen, Amber portait of a girl |
![]() Nijmegen, Animal-shaped oil bottle |
Nijmegen, Aqueduct
The Roman legionary base at the Hunerberg offered accomodation to thousands of men, mules, and horses. The all needed lots of water - more water than was locally available. The solution was the construction of a simple aqueduct. The wells…Nijmegen, Batavodurum
Nijmegen: city in the Netherlands, where several Roman settlements have been discovered.Origin When the Romans built the legionary base at the Hunerberg, they started to live in a friendly territory. The local tribe, the Batavians, had been settled there recently, perhaps…