List of Roman governors of Germania Inferior

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Reconstructed model of the Praetorium, the governors' seat; model on display at Cologne Archaeological Zone Modell Praetorium, Cologne.JPG
Reconstructed model of the Praetorium, the governors' seat; model on display at Cologne Archaeological Zone

This is a list of Roman governors of Germania Inferior (and Germania Secunda from 395 until the deposition of Romulus Augustulus in 476). Capital and largest city of Germania Inferior was Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (CCAA), modern-day Cologne.

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Governors during the Principate

BC 27 – AD 68: Julio-Claudian dynasty

AD 69–96: Year of the Four Emperors and Flavian dynasty

AD 96–192: Nervan-Antonian dynasty

AD 193–235: Year of the Five Emperors & Severan dynasty

AD 235–285: Emperors during the Crisis of the Third Century

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References

  1. Evgeni Paunov. A Hadrianic Diploma for a Thracian Sailor from the Misene Fleet: 25 December 119 AD. p. 42.
  2. See article. CIL II, 6084 quoted in Géza Alföldy.