LVR-Archaeological Park Xanten LVR-RömerMuseum

Shortly before the beginning of the Common Era, the legionary camp Vetera was built at a strategically important location, namely opposite the mouth of the Lippe in the Rhine. Incidentally, the Lippe now flows into the Rhine at Wesel and the course of the Rhine has also changed. The Roman city was located 1800 meters further west. The city was founded in 98 on the site where there had previously been a settlement of the indigenous population. Emperor Trajan gave the city civil rights and his name. Hence the name at the time, Colonia Ulpia Traiana. The city was laid out like most Roman cities: designed on the drawing board in a grid pattern, surrounded by a high wall with gates and towers. Behind that were houses, temples, administrative and bath buildings, and a large amphitheatre. The city covered 73 hectares and was one of the central cities in the Roman province of Germania Inferior. Approximately 10,000 people of Gallic and Germanic descent lived there. In front of the eastern city wall was a large harbour on a tributary of the Rhine. The harbour reached up to the small harbour gate at the present entrance to the park.

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