The Romans (L6-L8)

The Romans (L6-L8)
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The Romans (L6-L8)

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Goals
Students know what the following keyterms mean: Barbari, Romanisation, Castra & Teutenborg Forest.
Students know what the Limes of the Roman Empire were and how they were used.
Students know what Colonia were and can give two examples of these in the Germanic Provinces.

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The limes
  • The limes: the border of the Roman Empire.
  • --> The Rhine.
  • In the Netherlands, north of the Lime were Germanic and Celtic tribes. --> Barbari
  • Many tribes that lived near the limes were Romanised.
  • The roman army camps were gradually replaced by permanent forts, castra or castella

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Natural and human made borders

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Hadrian's wall in Britannia
Limes in the Low Lands

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The limes in the Low Countries
  • After the Teutoburg Forest disaster in AD 9, the Romans decided that the northern limes would remain the border of the empire.
  • Although the Romans were experts at building roads (via strata), it was more efficient and cheaper to travel by water.

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Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium
  • Colonia: a settlement establishing a Roman outpost in conquered territory. Eventually,  it meant highest status of a Roman city.
  • Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, also known as Colonia. (Cologne) (CCAA)
  • At its peak, Colonia had as many
    as 30,000 inhabitants, which
    made it one of the largest cities
    north of the Alps.
  • Cologne has been a transport hub since Roman times.

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Colonia Ulpia Traiana
  • This colonia was one of the most important metropols of the Romans Germanic provinces.
  • The Roman history of Xanten began with
    the arrival of the legions in the year 13/12 BC.
  • In AD 98 or 99, the rebuilt settlement on the
    banks of the Rhine was granted the status
    of a Colonia.
  • This made it one of the 150 most important cities in the entire Roman empire.

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Work Work Work
Lesson 6: 2c (page 24), 3a, 3c.
Lesson 7: 2e, 3d (page 29), 4b
Lesson 8: 1a & 1b

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