Fifteen Roman cohorts were wiped out at Atuatuca Tungrorum (modern Tongeren in Belgium) and a garrison commanded by Quintus Tullius Cicero narrowly survived after being relieved by Caesar in the nick of time.
Located on the important road linking Cologne to Bavay via the relay of Liberchies, and surrounded by the fertile lands of the Hesbaye region, Roman Tongeren quickly became one of the largest Gallo-Roman administrative and military towns in the 1st century.
Blankenberge station is run by NMBS and is a terminal station located on the railway line from Brugge railway station and has services to Brussels South and beyond to Tongeren.
At the 2013 Open World Taekwondo Challenge Cup in Tongeren, Aweys and Mohamed Deq Abdulle took home a silver medal and fourth place, respectively.
Around 428 the Salian king Chlodio, whose kingdom included Toxandria and the civitatus Tungrorum (Tongeren), launched an attack on Roman territory and extended his realm as far as Camaracum (Cambrai) and the Somme.
Johannes Adrianus Maria (Hans) van Tongeren (18 January 1955, Breda - 25 August 1982, Amsterdam) was a Dutch movie actor, who made his debut in the 1980 Paul Verhoeven movie Spetters.
On 7 October 2012, Legear was involved in a car accident, where he crashed his car inside an Esso gas station located in Tongeren, having mistaken the accelerator pedal for the brake.
Knokke station is run by NMBS and is a terminal station located on the Belgian railway line 51 B from Brugge railway station and has services to Brussels South and beyond to Tongeren.
At the 2013 Open World Taekwondo Challenge Cup in Tongeren, Abdulle and Faisal Jeylani Aweys took home fourth place and a silver medal, respectively.
Frank Wildhorn's 2008 Musical, "Rudolf Affaire Mayerling" - Portrayed by Wietske Van Tongeren
The sandstone towers that characterised the west front were closely related to those of the cathedral of Saints Michael and Gudula in Brussels, and of the Grote Kerk in Breda, in the Netherlands, as well as of the Basilica of Our Lady in Tongeren.