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Germania Superior ("Upper Germania ") was an imperial province of the Roman Empire. It comprised an area of today's western Switzerland, the French Jura and Alsace regions, and southwestern Germany. Important cities were Besançon ( Vesontio ), Strasbourg ( Argentoratum ), Wiesbaden ( Aquae Mattiacae ), and Germania Superior's capital, Mainz ...
Germania Superior ("Upper Germania"), so called because it lay upstream [citation needed] of Germania Inferior, was a province of the Roman Empire. It comprised an area of western Switzerland, the French Jura and Alsace regions, and southwestern Germany. Important cities were Besançon (Besontio), Strasbourg (Argentoratum), Wiesbaden (Aquae ...
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Other articles where Germania Superior is discussed: Battle of the Teutoburg Forest: Context: …Romans called Germania Inferior and Germania Superior, respectively. In 12 bce Drusus took the army of Germania Superior on an expedition to crush the Sicambri, Frisii, and Chauci tribes to the north. He was able to force the tribes to surrender before year’s end, and some sources suggest that he…
Sort by: [deleted] • 9 yr. ago • Edited 9 yr. ago. 'Inferior' means lower and 'superior' means upper. So these are geographic descriptions. Therefore 'Germania superior' would be upper Germania and 'Germania inferior' would be lower Germania. Upper and lower usually refers to a region's position on a river, in this case the Rhine river.
Germania (/ dʒ ər ˈ m eɪ n i. ə / jər-MAY-nee-ə; Latin: [ɡɛrˈmaːni.a]), also called Magna Germania (English: Great Germania), Germania Libera (English: Free Germania), or Germanic Barbaricum to distinguish it from the Roman province of the same name, was a historical region in north-central Europe during the Roman era, which was associated by Roman authors with the Germanic people.
May 5, 2015 · The German approach to Germania is therefore to treat it as vast zone marked by the presence of the Roman army; indeed, it has long made the limes and frontier studies a national specialism, which a consideration of the civilian dimension of a province such as Germania Superior serves to put somewhat into perspective. To be entirely honest ...
Rome’s Germania extended through most of modern day Germany. Upper Germania (again, Germania Superior) included a border along the River Rhine along the town of Rheinbrohl, to the River Main, the Taunus Mountains, to Lorch; whereas Germania Inferior went all the way to the North Sea, stretching to the present day Netherlands.
