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 Career of Pertinax
Reconstruction of the Brühl Inscription The career of Publius Helvius Pertinax, who was to be emperor of Rome in the first…
The Chaussée Brunehaut between Tongeren and Maastricht |
The Eastern Scheldt at Colijnsplaat |
The Easter Scheldt, where the sanctuary of Nehalennia once stood |
The Edges of the Earth (3)
The first author to describe the Low Countries was Pytheas of Massilia, who passed along the coast of Flanders and Holland in his way to the amber island Helgoland in c.325 BCE. He noted that in these regions, more people…
The Hague, Milestone of Antoninus Pius |
The Hague, Milestone of Caracalla |
The Hague, Milestone of Decius |
The Hague, Reconstructed milestones |
The Hague, Wateringse Veld
The Hague (Den Haag): city in The Netherlands where four Roman milestones were excavated.In 1997, three Roman milestones were discovered at the Wateringse Veld, an urban development zone in The Hague. The originals are now at the Museon. The milestones indicate…
The Lippe, Confluence with the Rhine |
The Rhine at Katwijk |