Roman Limburg - Landgraaf

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Roman Landgraaf

Landgraaf was part of the Roman Empire. There was a street village (a 'vicus')  close to the Worm in Rimburg. So people already lived and worked in Landgraaf at least 2000 years ago.

MYSTERY: Which path did the Via Belgica take in Landgraaf?? 

01:13

There were many coalmines in Landgraaf up to 1970's. This dominates the current landscape.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

01:14

What proof of the coalmines can we still find in Landgraaf?

1. chimneys
2. houses of the miners
3. factories
4. army base

01:23

How many years ago was Landgraaf part of the Roman Empire?

1. 3000
2. 2000
3. 1000

02:07

The Roman government of Germania was based in ....

1. Tongeren
2. Maastricht
3. Heerlen
4. Keulen

02:20

The Roman settlements in Limburg were ....

1. cities
2. centers of government and administration
3. to serve the needs of the soldiers
4. visited by the emperor

02:46

We don't know the route of the Via Belgica between ..... and Heerlen

1. Eygelshoven
2. Julich
3. Schaesberg
4. Rimburg

02:47

What are the options of the path the Via Belgica through Landgraaf?

1. the soutern + northern route
2. the wester + eastern route

03:29

The arrival of the Romans changed ....

1. the climate
2. the economy
3. the landscape

03:56

The south of Limburg became important for it's ....

1. grain
2. salt
3. marble
4. meat

01:01

VICUS =

1. busy street
2. street village
3. small town
4. village centered around a central point

01:24

Which 2 Roman remains were found in Rimburg?

02:12

In Rimburg the Romans built rich villa's

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

03:08

Explain why a Roman soldier would need this diploma!

 ROMAN RIMBURG

Hidden under the Rimburg soil are the remains of a Roman street village - a "vicus" - and the remains of a Roman bridge that crossed the Worm. De Worm is nowadays the border between the Netherlands and Germany. 

People have lived in Rimburg since Roman times and the custom of building houses like a ribbon along the road still exists.

The tomb of a woman has been found  on the Hereweg in Landgraaf.  

It is marked with a monument today. Do you know it??

A Roman tomb of a woman has been found on the Hereweg in Landgraaf. It's marked with a monument. Can you make a picture and upload it here?!

00:41

Where can you see the findings from the tomb?

1. Townhouse Landgraaf
2. Eijkhagen
3. Thermenmuseum
4. Bonnefantenmuseum

01:18

This is from the grave. What was this can used for?

02:51

What important clue does the finding of the grave on the Hereweg give us?

1. The Via Belgica might have run here
2. There must have been a villa on the Hereweg
3. The via Belgica did not run here
4. Many rich people lived on the Hereweg

EYGELSHOVEN

When the church of Eygelshoven was restored in 1939, the remains of two Roman milestones were found, bricked into the church tower wall. Milestones like this stood - every thousand paces - along the Roman roads. The posts are quite weathered, but an inscription can still be read: for example, the name of Emperor Constantine the Great is recognizable. He gave the Via Belgica a major overhaul around the year 310.

00:33

Of what material are the milestones?

1. granite
2. travertine
3. marble
4. limestone

00:44

The name of which emperor is on the milestone?

1. Julius Caesar
2. Nero
3. Trajan
4. Constantine the Great

00:58

Explain how it is possible we find a Roman milestone inside the wall of a church.

01:26

The big white stones in the OLV church in Maastricht were once part of ...

1. Roman fortress
2. Roman bathhouse
3. Roman villa
4. Roman road

01:51

Milestones were placed on Roman roads every .... steps

1. 100
2. 400
3. 1.000
4. 3.000

02:27

The milestones of Eygelshoven indicate that the Via Belgica ....

1. once ran through (what today is ) Eygelshoven
2. is real
3. followed a straight line from Heerlen to Rimburg
4. was not a real road