Roman fort Traiectum

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Roman fort Traiectum was a Roman military fortress and frontier post located at the site of present-day Utrecht in the Netherlands.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman fort
castellum
frontier post
archaeologicalSite Domplein Utrecht
associatedWith Roman frontier in the Netherlands
builtBy Roman army
civilSuccessor Medieval Utrecht
country Netherlands
function border defense
military fortress
garrisonType Roman auxiliary troops
hasRemains archaeological remains beneath central Utrecht
heritageContext UNESCO World Heritage Site Lower Germanic Limes
locatedIn Netherlands
Roman province of Germania Inferior
Utrecht NERFINISHED
locatedOn river Rhine
modernSite city of Utrecht
nameLanguage Latin
nameMeaning crossing
partOf Lower Germanic Limes
Roman limes
region Roman frontier zone in the Low Countries
strategicRole control of Rhine crossing
protection of northern frontier of Roman Empire
timePeriod 1st century AD
2nd century AD
3rd century AD
Roman Empire

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Utrecht
precededBy

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