Moselle

• The Moselle River flows through France, Luxembourg and Germany where it joins the Rhine at Koblenz.

Gallia Belgica

• The Moselle was situated in the Roman Province of Gallia Belgica and was known as the ‘Mosella’.
• Part of Belgium is also drained by the Sauer and the Our, which are tributary rivers to the Moselle.
• The major Roman cities on the Moselle were Trier and Koblenz.

In Roman Sources

• Tacitus
  • In 117 CE, Tacitus mentions the Moselle in his Annals, Book XIII.
• Ausonius
  • In 371 CE, Ausonius wrote about it in a poem entitled ‘Mosella’.
  • Ausonius describes the journey from Bingen to Trier

Other Major European Rivers:

• The Rhone
• The Rhine
• The Danube
• The Loire
• The Thames
• The Guadalquivir
• The Po

Moselle