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The Treveri ( Gaulish: * Treweroi) were a Germanic or Celtic [1] tribe of the Belgae group who inhabited the lower valley of the Moselle in modern day Germany from around 150 BCE, if not earlier, [2] until their displacement by the Franks. [3] Their domain lay within the southern fringes of the Silva Arduenna ( Ardennes Forest), a part of the ...
Gallia Belgica ("Belgic Gaul") was a province of the Roman Empire located in the north-eastern part of Roman Gaul, in what is today primarily northern France, Belgium, and Luxembourg, along with parts of the Netherlands and Germany.
In general terms, the Romans coined the name 'Gaul' to describe the Celtic tribes of what is now central, northern, and eastern France. To the north of these were the tribes of the Belgae, divided from the Gauls by the rivers Marne and the Seine. The Treveri may have been included amongst the Belgae, being located in the midst of them by the ...
The Romans called the city Augusta Treverorum, "the august city of the Treveri". It appears to have had the rank of colonia and was the seat of the procurator who was responsible for Gallia Belgica, Germania Superior, and Germania Inferior.
Dec 29, 2016 · Treveris´ mint would struck practically without interruption until the reign of Valentinian III (425-455), ceasing its emissions on the occasion of the definitive collapse of the Rhine frontier and the subsequent loss of control of northern Gaul by the dying western empire.
From 271 to 274 AD, Trier was the second city of the breakaway Gallic Empire, at first under Postumus, who was proclaimed in Cologne, then under his ephemeral successor, Victorinus, who made his base at Trier, where he had rebuilt a large house with a mosaic proclaiming his position as tribune in Postumus' Gallic Praetorian Guard; [4] the city s...
5 days ago · Quick Reference. [Si] The principal Roman city of northeast Gaul and important medieval administrative and trade centre situated in the Moselle Valley. The site was settled in the later 1st millennium bc by the local Treveri tribe who appear to have built a tribal sanctuary there.
