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: 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…
Nijmegen: city in the Netherlands, where several Roman settlements have been discovered.First Phase (19 BCE-c.17 CE)
The Hunerberg plateau (right)
In 16…
Nijmegen: city in the Netherlands, where several Roman settlements have been discovered.Monument for Tiberius
Tiberius
In the years 16-13 BCE, the Roman…
Nijmegen: city in the Netherlands, where several Roman settlements have been discovered.Here are some museum pieces, all excvated in Nijmegen, which I could not place on other pages.
There are…
Nijmegen: city in the Netherlands, where several Roman settlements have been discovered.Nijmegen
Fort at the Kops Plateau
Legionary base at the Hunerberg
Aqueduct
Potter's workshop at Holdeurn
Civil settlement Batavodurum
Monument for Tiberius
Civil settlement Ulpia Noviomagus
Bridge
Sanctuary at Elst
Late settlement along the river
Late Roman settlement at the…
Nineveh (Assyrian: Ninua): last capital of the Assyrian Empire, destroyed in 612 BCE, modern Mosul.Early History
Early Ninevite Pottery
Nineveh, the last capital of Assyria,…