Colonia Ulpia Traiana (sometimes called "Castra Vetera") was a colonia in the Roman province of Germania inferior, founded by emperor Trajan. It was located...

Ulpia Traiana Augusta Dacica Sarmizegetusa was the capital, the first, and largest city of Roman Dacia, named after Sarmizegetusa the former Dacian capital...

museums in the world, built at the site of the Roman settlements Colonia Ulpia Traiana. Other attractions include the medieval town centre with Xanten...

Emperor Trajan, who granted the settlement city status and named it Colonia Ulpia Traiana Poetovio in 103. The patristic writer Victorinus was Bishop of Poetovio...

The Capitoline of Colonia Ulpia Traiana was a sanctuary in Colonia Ulpia Traiana, capitol of the Roman province Germania inferior, and likely dedicated...

[citation needed] along the river Danube. In Roman times it was named Colonia Ulpia Traiana Ratiaria. It is located 2 km west of the present village of Archar...

provincial capital, Colonia was no longer a military base. The legions of the province were stationed in Vetera II near Colonia Ulpia Traiana (near present-day...

A Roman colonia (pl.: coloniae) was originally a settlement of Roman citizens, establishing a Roman outpost in federated or conquered territory, for the...

Netherlands. Colonia Ulpia Traiana, modern Xanten, Germany. Civitas Ulpia Sueborum Nicretum, modern Ladenburg, Germany. Colonia Ulpia Traiana Poetovio, modern...

in the Parthian campaigns of Trajan. In 122 they were moved to Colonia Ulpia Traiana (modern Xanten) in Germania Inferior, where they remained for the...