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    Xanten (redirect from Castra Vetera)
    germanica. After the destruction of Vetera a second camp was established at the Bislicher Insel, named Castra Vetera II, which became the base camp of Legio...
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    Vetera (also Vetera Castra; sometimes in older literature, on maps, and colloquially also Castra Vetera) was the name of the location of two successive...
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    troops besieged Castra Vetera once more. The year 70 started with the odds favoring the rebels. Two legions were still besieged at Castra Vetera and the rest...
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    Colonia Ulpia Traiana (sometimes called "Castra Vetera") was a colonia in the Roman province of Germania inferior, founded by emperor Trajan. It was located...
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    diminished legions have been combined to make one new one. This shows the castra (base) where the legion spent the longest period during the Principate....
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  • reinforcements to Germania Inferior, where they shared the base camp of Castra Vetera (Xanten) with V Alaudae. Both Legio V and Legio XXI were involved in...
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    west of the Rhine. The principal settlements of the province were Castra Vetera and Colonia Ulpia Traiana (both near Xanten), Coriovallum (Heerlen)...
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    was sent to the Germania provinces in the Rhine and was stationed in Castra Vetera (Xanten). In AD 5, the provinces were pacified and Publius Quinctilius...
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    phalera, or piece of harness, with his name on it has been found at Castra Vetera, modern Xanten, then a large Roman army and naval base on the lower...
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    ships captured. Two legions under Mummius Lupercus were defeated at Castra Vetera (near the modern Xanten) and surrounded. Eight cohorts of Batavian veterans...
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  • Traiectum, Vetera Also castra of unknown name: Saalburg Asturica Augusta, Castra Servilia, Legio, Lucus Augusti, Tarraco Castra ad Fluvium Frigidum, Castra Albana...
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    Argentoratum (Strasburg, France), Moguntiacum (Mainz, Germany), and Castra Vetera (Xanten, Germany). Drusus first saw action following an incursion by...
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    Germany hordes of Franks succeeded in seizing the legionary fortress of Castra Vetera and besieged Cologne, while sparing Augusta Treverorum (today's Trier)...
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    later became Germania Secunda. Roman cities in this region included Castra Vetera (Xanten), Cologne, and Bonn. Long before the Franks, the Romanized Ubii...
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  • Secunda. More precisely they lived near modern Xanten, and the old Castra Vetera, on the Rhine. This part of Germania Secunda was called the Civitas...
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  • inscribed Plinio Praefecto ("Property of the prefect Pliny"), found at Castra Vetera legionary base (Xanten, Germany), believed to have belonged to the classical...
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    surrounding territory. On the way back to their winter quarters at Castra Vetera, they pushed successfully through the opposing tribes (Bructeri, Tubantes...
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    Roman Empire, 69, he headed a Batavian rebellion. He managed to capture Castra Vetera, the Romans' lost two legions, while two others (I Germanica and XVI...
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    colonization of the Rhine valley more permanent bridges were built later at Castra Vetera (Xanten), Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (Cologne), Confluentes...
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    fortify Germania Superior. By 12 BC, major bases existed at Xanten (Castra Vetera) and Mainz (Mogontiacum), from which Drusus operated. A system of forts...
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  • undisputed emperor, the legions XV Primigenia and V Alaudae returned to Castra Vetera (Xanten camp), where the Batavian rebellion was already in progress...
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    nineteenth century at the Roman city of Castra Vetera near modern-day Xanten in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Castra Vera was an important Roman army...
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    50 Trier Amphitheater Castra Vetera Germany 51°38′15″N 6°28′22″E / 51.637517°N 6.472900°E / 51.637517; 6.472900 (Castra Vetera) Near Xanten Colonia...
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    Inferior hordes of Franks succeeded in seizing the legionary fortress of Castra Vetera and besieged Cologne, sparing Augusta Treverorum (today's Trier) instead...
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  • Curia Raetorum Chur Switzerland 16 BC Novaesium Neuss Germany 15 BC Castra Vetera (15 BC to 110 AD) - Colonia Ulpia Traiana (after 110 AD) Xanten Germany...
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    Novaesium (now Neuss) surrendered without a fight, as did the one at Castra Vetera (near modern Xanten in Niederrhein, Germany). The commander of the Roman...
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  • of the Legio XXII Primigenia during the Batavian revolt. Defending Castra Vetera, he was murdered by rebellious Roman troops. An inscription found at...
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    when the XV Primigenia and V Alaudae legions were sent packing back to Castra Vetera where they were later besieged during the Revolt of the Batavi. He writes...
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  • system. The Classis Germanica was established in 12 BC by Drusus at Castra Vetera. It controlled the Rhine river, and was mainly a fluvial fleet, although...
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    showing the Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix, stationed on the river Rhine at Castra Vetera (Xanten, Germany), in Germania Inferior province, from AD 122 until...
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