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Germania Inferior Lower Germania | |||||||
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Province of the Roman Empire | |||||||
83–475 | |||||||
![]() The province of Germania Inferior within the Roman Empire, c. 117 | |||||||
Capital | Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (CCAA) | ||||||
Historical era | Antiquity | ||||||
• Established after the Gallic wars | 83 | ||||||
260–274 | |||||||
• Francia | 475 | ||||||
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Today part of | Netherlands Belgium Germany Luxembourg |
Germania Inferior ("Lower Germania") was a Roman province from AD 85 until the province was renamed Germania Secunda in the 4th century AD, on the west bank of the Rhine bordering the North Sea. The capital of the province was Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (modern-day Cologne).