Roman province of Germania Superior

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Roman frontier fortification Roman province imperial frontier province

The Roman province of Germania Superior was an imperial frontier region along the upper Rhine, encompassing parts of modern eastern France, western Switzerland, and southwestern Germany, and serving as a key military and administrative zone of the Roman Empire.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Germania Superior 0
Aquae Mattiacorum 0
Argentoratum 0

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman frontier fortification ⓘ
Roman province ⓘ
imperial frontier province ⓘ
administrativeLanguage Latin ⓘ
borderedBy Gallia Belgica NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gallia Lugdunensis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Germania Inferior NERFINISHED ⓘ
Raetia NERFINISHED ⓘ
ceasedToExistAsProvince early 5th century CE ⓘ
createdFrom military district of Upper Germany ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
trade along the Rhine ⓘ
viticulture ⓘ
establishedInPeriod late 1st century CE ⓘ
fullyOrganizedBy reign of Domitian NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy legatus Augusti pro praetore ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalRemainsAt Augusta Raurica NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mainz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Strasbourg NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCapital Mogontiacum NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFrontierSystem Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorCity Aquae Mattiacorum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Argentoratum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Augusta Raurica NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mogontiacum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vesontio NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vindonissa NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMilitaryRole base for legions on the upper Rhine ⓘ
defense of Rhine frontier ⓘ
incorporatedPeoples Celtic tribes ⓘ
Germanic tribes NERFINISHED ⓘ
laterReligion Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInThePresentDay Besançon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mainz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Strasbourg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wiesbaden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Windisch NERFINISHED ⓘ
eastern France ⓘ
near Basel ⓘ
southwestern Germany ⓘ
western Switzerland ⓘ
locatedOn upper Rhine NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Roman Empire ⓘ
primaryReligion Roman polytheism ⓘ
stationedLegion Legio VIII Augusta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Legio XIV Gemina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Legio XXI Rapax NERFINISHED ⓘ
Legio XXII Primigenia NERFINISHED ⓘ
territoryLaterControlledBy Alamanni NERFINISHED ⓘ
Franks NERFINISHED ⓘ
underwentProcess Romanization ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Rhine frontier → borderOf → Roman province of Germania Superior ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman provinces of Germania Superior
Sequani → laterPartOf → Roman province of Germania Superior ⓘ