- Nijmegen is a city on the river Waal in the Province of Gelderland in the Netherlands.
- It was the Oppidum Batavorum and became the Roman town of Noviomagus which was located in the Roman Province of Germania Inferior.
History
- In the 1st century CE, the Romans built a Fort to guard the Waal and Rhine valleys during the 1st century BCE. The Oppidum Batavorum grew up beside the fort.
- In 69 CE the Oppidum Batavorum was destroyed during the Batavian Revolt.
- In 71 CE the Legio X Gemina was stationed there.
- In 98 CE the town became a Municipium.
- 103 CE the Legio X Gemina was moved to Vienna.
- 104 CE Trajan renamed the town Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum.
- The Smetius Collection:
- This was a Collection of 10,000 Roman Coins and 4,500 Artefacts collected by Johannes Smetius and his son Johannes Smetius Junior. They published their Collection in two Catalogues, one in 1644 and another 1678.
- The whole Collection is now dispersed and lost.
Museums
- Valkhof Museum
- Located at Kelfkensbos 59, Nijmegen, the museum holds Artefacts from the Roman period.
- Victory Monument to Tiberius
- This is the remnant of a column which holds reliefs depicting Roman Gods and a Roman in a Toga performing a sacrifice to Tiberius.
Valkhof Museum, Nijmegen