Germania Superior

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Roman frontier fortification Roman province former administrative territorial entity

Germania Superior was a Roman imperial province along the upper Rhine frontier, encompassing parts of what are now southwestern Germany, eastern France, and northern Switzerland.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Germania Superior canonical 26
Alamannia 2
Germania I 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman frontier fortification ⓘ
Roman province ⓘ
former administrative territorial entity ⓘ
administrativeType imperial province ⓘ
borderedBy Gallia Belgica ⓘ
Gallia Lugdunensis ⓘ
Germania Inferior ⓘ
Raetia ⓘ
capital Mogontiacum ⓘ
contrastedWith Germania Inferior ⓘ
dissolvedAfterEvent fall of Western Roman Empire ⓘ
dissolvedInCentury 5th century ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
military provisioning ⓘ
trade ⓘ
establishedAroundYear 85 ⓘ
establishedBy Roman Empire ⓘ
establishedInCentury 1st century ⓘ
establishedUnder Domitian ⓘ
garrisonedBy Roman legions ⓘ
governedBy Roman governor ⓘ
governorRank legatus Augusti pro praetore ⓘ
hadFrontierSystem Limes Germanicus ⓘ
surface form: Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes
hadLegionaryBase Argentoratum ⓘ
Mogontiacum ⓘ
Vindonissa ⓘ
languageUsed Latin ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Augst ⓘ
Besançon ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Mainz ⓘ
Strasbourg ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
Windisch ⓘ
locatedInRegion Upper German Reichskreis ⓘ
surface form: Upper Germany
locatedOn Upper Rhine ⓘ
majorCity Argentoratum ⓘ
Augusta Raurica ⓘ
Mogontiacum ⓘ
Vesontio ⓘ
Vindonissa ⓘ
meaningOfName southern Germany ⓘ
surface form: Upper Germany
namedAfter Germania ⓘ
partOf Gallia et Germania diocesis ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
protectedProvince Germania Superior self-linksurface differs ⓘ
religion Roman polytheism ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Augusta Treverorum → locatedIn → Germania Superior ⓘ
Noricum → borderedBy → Germania Superior ⓘ
Raetia → borderedBy → Germania Superior ⓘ
Germania → partiallyOrganizedAs → Germania Superior ⓘ
Duchy of Swabia → precededBy → Germania Superior ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alamannia
Roman province of Germania Inferior → neighboringProvince → Germania Superior ⓘ
subject surface form: Germania Inferior
Chatti → romanAdministrativeNeighbor → Germania Superior ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman province of Germania Superior
Batavian cohorts → garrisonedIn → Germania Superior ⓘ
diocese of the Gauls → hadProvince → Germania Superior ⓘ
subject surface form: Diocese of the Gauls
this entity surface form: Germania I
Gallia Lugdunensis → borders → Germania Superior ⓘ
Gallia Belgica → borderedBy → Germania Superior ⓘ
Classis Germanica → operatedIn → Germania Superior ⓘ
Classis Germanica → supportedProvince → Germania Superior ⓘ
Germania Superior → protectedProvince → Germania Superior self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes
Belgica Prima → borderedBy → Germania Superior ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germania Prima
Treveri → laterProvinceUnderRome → Germania Superior ⓘ
Postumus → diedIn → Germania Superior ⓘ
Laelianus → regionRuled → Germania Superior ⓘ
Assassination of Severus Alexander → hasLocation → Germania Superior ⓘ
cohors II Raetorum → stationedIn → Germania Superior ⓘ
Julia Mamaea → deathPlace → Germania Superior ⓘ
limes Germanicus → locatedIn → Germania Superior ⓘ
subject surface form: Limes Germanicus
Severus Alexander → deathPlace → Germania Superior ⓘ
Battle of Idistaviso → RomanProvinceInvolved → Germania Superior ⓘ
Legio I Adiutrix → notableTheater → Germania Superior ⓘ
Legio II Adiutrix → notableTheaterOfOperations → Germania Superior ⓘ
Germania Inferior → borderedBy → Germania Superior ⓘ
Noviomagus → locatedInHistoricalRegion → Germania Superior ⓘ
Elder House of Welf → region → Germania Superior ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alamannia
Eastern Gaul → overlapsWith → Germania Superior ⓘ
Augustan wars → hasLocation → Germania Superior ⓘ