over time. In the 4th century AD it was known as Colonia Agrippina, which was shortened to Colonia sometime after the 5th century. In AD 260 Postumus...

Germany. Agrippina's place of birth is disputed, with Cologne being seen as a likely place considering how Agrippina would favor the city and the Colonia Claudia...

Gallienus's son Saloninus and the praetorian prefect Silvanus remained at Colonia Agrippina (Cologne), to keep the young heir out of danger and perhaps also as...

The archbishop of Cologne governs the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne in western North Rhine-Westphalia. Historically the archbishop was ex officio...

1st century CE as the Roman Colonia Agrippina, hence its name. Agrippina was later dropped (except in Latin), and Colonia became the name of the city...

Greek and Roman Geography s.v. "Colonia Agrippina". Tacitus, Annales 12.27.1–2. Barrett, Anthony A. (1996). Agrippina: Sex, Power, and Politics in the...

Gallienus' infant son, and the praetorian prefect Silvanus resided in Colonia Agrippina (modern Cologne) to solidify the loyalty of the local legions. Nevertheless...

Fearful of the consequences, he proclaimed himself Roman emperor at Colonia Agrippina (Cologne) jointly with Proculus. After a protracted struggle, he was...

legions at oppidum Ubiorum ("town of the Ubii"), which was renamed to Colonia Agrippina, descending to Cologne, V Alaudae, a Celtic legion recruited from...

the Agrippians"), the Roman settlement at Cologne also known as Colonia Agrippina Colonia Copia Claudia Augusta Lugdunum ("The Prosperous Imperial Claudian...

renamed Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensis (colony of Claudius and the altar of Agrippina), shortened to Colonia Agrippina (Colony of Agrippina). In 80...

destroy the Roman fleet on the Rhine; Bonosus is proclaimed emperor at Colonia Agrippina (Cologne). Probus defeats the army under Bonosus. Bonosus sees no...

at anchor. To avoid punishment, he proclaimed himself emperor at Colonia Agrippina (Cologne) but was crushed by Marcus Aurelius Probus. Soon afterwards...

and peaceful campaign. There are 12 freebuild cities: Burdigala, Colonia Agrippina, Syena, Andautonia, Roma, Geneva, Venetia, Tamiatis, Labacum, Antium...

predicted the rise of the Batavians. After this success, Civilis went to Colonia Agrippina (Cologne) and set up camp there. In the next months, he invested his...

and Münster (see map below). Cologne was the ancient Roman city of Colonia Agrippina in the province of Germania Inferior, and has been a bishop's see...

observationes circa proportionem et evolutionem partium plantarum. Colonia Agrippina [Cologne]: M. DuMont-Schauberg. Martius, C. F. (1828). "Über die Architectonik...

United Kingdom 50 AD Durocobrivis Dunstable United Kingdom 50 AD Colonia Agrippina Cologne Germany 50 AD Durocornovium Swindon United Kingdom 50 AD Verulamium...

pressed on with the siege and, about one month later, the citizens of Colonia Agrippina handed Saloninus and his guardian over to their enemy. Postumus was...

later than 84 it was stationed in Pannonia, though inscriptions at Colonia Agrippina (Cologne) in Germania Inferior suggest that it had a brief sojourn...

century. Severin is said in 376 to have founded a monastery in the then Colonia Agrippina in honour of the martyrs Cornelius and Cyprian, from which developed...

destroy the Roman fleet on the Rhine; Bonosus is proclaimed emperor at Colonia Agrippina (Cologne). Probus defeats the army under Bonosus. Bonosus sees no...

recovered several towns that had fallen into Frankish hands, including Colonia Agrippina (Cologne). With success under his belt he withdrew for the winter...

groups from Morocco and Algeria 3 largest group from Iran The walls of Colonia Agrippina covered an area of 96.8 hectares, but the population density within...

Merovingian Count of the Ardennes. Brunulphe II was born in c. 560 AD in Colonia Agrippina (now Cologne) in the Kingdom of Austrasia.[citation needed] Brunulphe...

branched off towards Augusta Treverorum (Trier), Divodorum (Metz) and Colonia Agrippina (Cologne). Next to and just outside the gate of Ceres was the craftsmen’s...

that opinion. Many authors contend that he was murdered by his own wife, Agrippina the Younger. After his death at the age of 63, his grandnephew and legally...

to form a newer province known as Germania Inferior, with capital Colonia Agrippina (Cologne in Germany). Emperor Diocletian restructured the provinces...

were all in German hands. Apart from the major fortified city of Colonia Agrippina (Cologne), only three strongpoints on the Rhine remained in Roman...

the former Roman Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (50 CE) and Colonia Agrippina (322), was gradually germanized from post-Roman Colonia (since 450) to...