Colonia Ulpia Traiana

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Colonia Ulpia Traiana was a prominent Roman colonial city and military-administrative center on the Lower Rhine, near modern-day Xanten in Germany.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman colonia
ancient city
archaeological site
country Germany NERFINISHED
declinedInCentury 4th century
flourishedInCentury 2nd century
3rd century
foundedBy Romans NERFINISHED
foundedUnder Emperor Trajan NERFINISHED
grantedTo Roman veterans
hasEconomicActivity craft production
trade
hasFeature amphitheatre
baths
city walls
forum
street grid
temples
hasHeritageDesignation protected monument in North Rhine-Westphalia
hasLatinNameElement Colonia NERFINISHED
Traiana NERFINISHED
Ulpia NERFINISHED
hasModernSiteName Archäologischer Park Xanten NERFINISHED
hasMunicipalStatus colonia
hasPopulationCharacteristic included veterans of Roman legions
inhabited by Roman citizens
hasRole military-administrative center
regional capital
hasTypeOfBuilding insulae (apartment blocks)
public basilica
isProtectedAs archaeological park
languageUsed Latin
locatedIn Germania Inferior NERFINISHED
Lower Rhine region NERFINISHED
Roman Empire NERFINISHED
locatedInPresentDay Germany NERFINISHED
North Rhine-Westphalia NERFINISHED
Xanten NERFINISHED
namedAfter Marcus Ulpius Traianus NERFINISHED
near Rhine River NERFINISHED
Roman military camp Vetera NERFINISHED
partOf Lower Germanic limes NERFINISHED
Roman frontier system NERFINISHED
predecessorSettlement Vetera NERFINISHED
religionPracticed Roman polytheism
servedAs base for Roman legions on the Rhine
successorSettlement medieval Xanten
wasAbandonedInCentury 4th century
wasDamagedBy Germanic invasions NERFINISHED

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Germania Inferior hasMajorSettlement Colonia Ulpia Traiana
Ulpia notableExample Colonia Ulpia Traiana
Xanten historicalPredecessor Colonia Ulpia Traiana