Ancient World

Colonia Ulpia Traiana

The Colonia Ulpia Traiana (CUT) was a Roman city (colonia) located in the area of present-day Xanten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It existed approximately from 100 to 275 CE and was a major center of the province of Germania Inferior. Today, the site is occupied by the Archaeological Park Xanten and the LVR-RömerMuseum. The archaeological remains are gradually being excavated and studied. The Colonia Ulpia Traiana was founded by Emperor Trajan and named after him. As a colonia, it was one of approximately 150 cities in the Roman Empire that held this legal status, granting its inhabitants Roman citizenship and serving as a "miniature Rome." Ulpia Traiana was the third-largest Roman city in present-day Germany, after Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (modern Cologne) and Augusta Treverorum (modern Trier). Its public buildings reflected the city's high status as a central hub for the surrounding region.

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• ▸Cypriot Bichrome ware
• ▸Hermann of Schleswig
• ▸David Christison

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