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O) Roman era tombs 2 km south of town center (modern Esch) P) Trajectum ad Mosam, also known as Mosae Trajectum, (modern Maastricht) Not marked on the map: a possible fort in modern Venlo and a settlement called Catualium [14] near modern Roermond
The Oude Rijn was then much wider than it is now, and tidal. During the Roman occupation, the river formed part of the northern border of the Empire. In medieval times, the River Lek became the main outlet for the Rhine, and the Oude Rijn silted up. The river was still important as a drain for the surrounding lowlands, for the clay industry ...
The dukes of Burgundy over the years through astute marriages, purchases and wars, had taken control of the Seventeen Provinces that made up the Low Countries. They are now the Netherlands in the north, the Southern Netherlands (now Belgium) in the south, and Luxemburg in the southeast. Known as the "Burgundian Circle", these lands came under ...
The Southern Netherlands, [note 1] also called the Catholic Netherlands, were the parts of the Low Countries belonging to the Holy Roman Empire which were at first largely controlled by Habsburg Spain (Spanish Netherlands, 1556–1714) and later by the Austrian Habsburgs (Austrian Netherlands, 1714–1794) until occupied and annexed by Revolutionary France (1794–1815).
Forum Hadriani, in the modern town of Voorburg, was the northernmost Roman city on the European continent and the second oldest city of the Netherlands. [1] It was located in the Roman province Germania Inferior and is mentioned on the Tabula Peutingeriana, a Roman road map.
Map of Utrecht, around 1714. ~50 AD - Roman fortress built on what is now the Dom square as part of the Limes Germanicus. Named Traiectum to signify it was at a crossing of what was at that time the main branch of the Rhine (now the Oude Gracht) ~200 AD - Wooden fortress walls upgraded to imported tuff stone. Parts of these wall survive to date
Ancient Roman control of the lower Rhine as located within the present day state of the Netherlands. From the conquest of the Celtic tribes in the Gallic Wars of 58-51 BC by Julius Caesar to the end of Roman control in 486 CE. The area formed part of the Roman provinces of Gallia Belgica, Germania Inferior and Germania Secunda
The County of Holland was a state of the Holy Roman Empire from its inception until 1433. From 1433 onward it was part of the Burgundian Netherlands, from 1482 part of the Habsburg Netherlands and from 1581 onward the leading province of the Dutch Republic until the Batavian Revolution in 1795.