Germania Superior ("Upper Germania") was an imperial province of the Roman Empire. It comprised an area of today's western Switzerland, the French Jura...
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Germania (/dʒərˈmeɪni.ə/ jər-MAY-nee-ə; Latin: [ɡɛrˈmaːni.a]), also called Magna Germania (English: Great Germania), Germania Libera (English: Free Germania)...
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Primigenia was first stationed in Mogontiacum in the Roman province of Germania Superior, guarding the Rhine border as part of the limes. Along with the rest...
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in Europe Germania Superior, a province of the Roman Empire in Europe Germania Inferior, a province of the Roman Empire in Europe Germania in Dacia, a...
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Germania Inferior ("Lower Germania") was a Roman province from AD 85 until the province was renamed Germania Secunda in the 4th century AD, on the west...
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praetor, consul, and governor to the provinces of Gallia Aquitania, Germania Superior, and Africa during the first half of the first century AD. He retired...
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devoted to Nero, which led Lucius Verginius Rufus, the governor of Germania Superior, to march on Vindex. He besieged Vesontio, capital of the Sequani...
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into either Germania Inferior or Germania Superior in AD 85. In Tacitus, Germania Antiqua or Germania Barbara, are synonyms of Germania Transrhenana...
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Limes (Roman Empire) (section Lower Germania)
Limes), forming the border between the Roman provinces of Germania Inferior and Germania Superior. By contrast with the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes, it...
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Alsace was inhabited by nomadic hunters. Part of the province of Germania Superior in the Roman Empire, the area went on to become a diffuse border region...
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Gallia Lugdunensis, Gallia Belgica, Germania Superior and Inferior, and parts of the previously unconquered Germania Magna. Additionally, minor Germanic...
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is unclear whether by legatus this Acilius Strabo was governor of Germania Superior, or possibly the commander of a legion stationed in the province;...
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Germanicus (section Commander of Germania)
time in AD 12. The year after, he was made proconsul of Germania Inferior, Germania Superior, and all of Gaul. From there he commanded eight legions,...
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at Corinum (Cirencester). In 98 it is recorded in Germania Inferior, and in 134 in Germania Superior. The only mention of this ala in Britain is the tombstone...
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Hesselbach Castle (category Roman fortifications in Germania Superior)
Hesselbach Castle was originally a Roman fortress of the older Odenwald line of the Neckar-Odenwald Limes. The present-day archaeological site is located...
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Argentoratum (category Roman fortifications in Germania Superior)
Nero Claudius Drusus established a military outpost belonging to the Germania Superior Roman province close to a Gaulish village near the banks of the Rhine...
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Legio IV Macedonica (section Early Service in Germania)
Hispania. Emperor Claudius likely transferred the legion to Mainz in Germania Superior to replace the XIV Gemina. Probably in 41 AD.However. Some people...
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Trajan (category Roman governors of Germania Superior)
an attempted coup by Lucius Antonius Saturninus, the governor of Germania Superior. Trajan probably remained in the region after the revolt was quashed...
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Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (category Germania)
conquering Germania, and is thus considered one of the most important events in European history. The provinces of Germania Superior and Germania Inferior...
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Stuttgart (category Germania Superior)
Vindelicorum (Augsburg). Cannstatt was a part of the Roman imperial province Germania Superior. As with many military installations, a settlement sprang up nearby...
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Roman province of Gallia Belgica[citation needed] (22 BC), later into Germania Superior (AD 83). The Helvetians, like the rest of Gaul, were largely Romanized...
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Germania Superior ALAE XXX COHORTES COHORTES Gallorum Indiana I Scubulorum I Aquitanorum veterana III Aquitanorum eq c.R. IV Aquitanorum eq c.R. I Asturum...
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14. In 43, they were relocated in Vindonissa, in the province of Germania Superior. The legion occupied Vindonissa from 46 to 69 with two auxiliary cohorts...
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Mainz (category Roman fortifications in Germania Superior)
the Roman Empire, and became the capital of the Roman province of Germania Superior. The city was settled by the Franks from 459 on, and in the 8th century...
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southern part of Germany. The term is first found in medieval Latin as Germania Superior, for example in chapter 23 of the Imago mundi of Honorius Augustodunensis...
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Moguntiacum (Mainz). The two original military districts of Germania Inferior and Germania Superior, came to influence the surrounding tribes, who later respected...
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Hadrian's Wall. The Vangiones of Germania Superior held their position as a bulwark of civilized might as long as Germania Superior existed. Under the Roman Republic...
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Pamphylia which had been a part of the province of Galatia. AD 83/84 – Germania Superior (southern Germany) The push into southern Germany up to the Agri Decumates...
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in which to settle due to the increasing population growth in ancient Germania, were also attracted by the wealth and affluent life of the Roman world...
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Roman provinces of downstream Germania Inferior (nowadays part of Belgium and the Netherlands) and upstream Germania Superior. Thus, in the case of the Low...
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