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Praetorium Agrippinae was a Roman army encampment (Lat.: ''castellum'') in modern-day Valkenburg, Netherlands.〔See the Tabula Peutingeriana, section II and De Hing & Vos (2005).〕 It was situated strategically on the Oude Rijn between the ''castella'' of Matilo in the east and Lugdunum Batavorum to the west, in the area belonging the Cananefates.〔De Hing & Vos (2005) 80.〕 As part of the Roman border system (Lat.: ''limes''), more specifically the Lower Germanic ''Limes'', it played a vital role in keeping the Frisii to the north at bay.〔De Hing & Vos (2005) 83.〕 ==History== Roman emperor Caligula had the first ''castellum'' built in 39 or 40 AD, although coins and pottery (''terra sigillata'') found at the site suggest an army division may have been stationed there before its construction.〔De Hing & Vos (2005) 83.〕 Caligula named the encampment after his mother, Vipsania Agrippina, and might have been present at its completion.〔De Hing & Vos (2005) 91. See also: Lendering, J. (''Praetorium Agrippinae (Valkenburg)'' ).〕 The fortifications surrounding the camp at this stage consisted of a palisaded earthen wall and three moats. Originally two maniples (or four ''centuriae'') of legionaries and two ''turmae'' of cavalry had been stationed at the fort.〔De Hing & Vos (2005) 107.〕 After the Revolt of the Batavi (69-70 AD) however, when the local tribes had razed the fortress to the ground, the entire ''cohors IV Thracum'' relocated here. At around 120 AD a village developed along the ''via militaris'' just south of it, where archaeological investigation has recently uncovered the remains ofstorehouses and granaries (''horrea''). The Romans erected a large stone fort in about 180 AD, which they subsequently abandoned somewhere between 240 and 275 AD. During Constantius I Chlorus' reign the old ''castellum'' was rebuilt and converted into a granary, holding supplies for the Roman province of Brittannia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Praetorium Agrippinae」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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