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:
Remagen, Young man with eagle, perhaps Ganymede |
Rhenus (Rhine)
Rhine (Latin Rhenus): the largest river in northwestern Europe. As the frontier of the Roman empire and (with the Rhône) main transport corridor between the Mediterranean and the North Sea, it played an important role in shaping the history of…Rigomagus (Remagen)
Rigomagus: Roman fort, part of the Rhine limes, modern Remagen. Young man with eagle, perhaps Ganymede Although there are indications for earlier…Rijswijk - De Bult
Rijswijk - De Bult: site of ancient farm, not far from modern The Hague in the Netherlands. The site today At Rijswijk, a…
Map of the building phases of Rijswijk - De Bult |
Reconstruction of the last phase of the farm at Rijswijk - De Bult |
Rijswijk - De Bult today |
Rijswijk (Gld.)
Rijswijk: place along the Rhine with many Roman military finds, perhaps a limes fort.The river finds near Rijswijk suggest military occupation from the Batavian revolt (70) until the beginning of the fourth century. Among the occupiers of the fort may…Rindern, Forum Arenacum
Rindern is a small German village, at some distance from the Lower Rhine, close to the Dutch border. In Antiquity, it was called Arenacum, and there was a fort. It has not been identified, but many Roman objects have been…
Rindern, Jar |
Rindern, Jar, detail |
Rindern, Millstone with inscription FINES VICI ("town limits") |