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3 unusual facts about Noviomagus


Daniel Santbech

He adopted the Latinized name of Noviomagus, possibly suggesting that he came from the town of Nijmegen, called Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum by the Romans.

History of urban centers in the Dutch Low Countries

Probably because of the (founded) fear of Germanic incursions, Roman settlements (such as Roman villas and colonies) were extremely sparse, and Roman presence was mainly limited to three Castra: (Noviomagus, near modern Nijmegen; Flevum, near Velsen; and a last one near Oudenburg, its name is unknown); and a set of Castellum.

Noviomagus

Noviomagus Trevirorum - Neumagen-Dhron near Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany - the modern name is derived from Noviomagus


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Abgatiacus

The theonym is known only from a single inscription found with a representation of the god discovered at Noviomagus Trevirorum, now Neumagen-Dhron in Germany.

Commius

After his death Tincomarus appears to have ruled the northern part of the kingdom from Calleva, while Eppillus ruled the southern part from Noviomagus (Chichester).


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