• Köln is derived from the Latin name “Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium.” This Latin name was given to the city by the Romans when they established a...
  • Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium was the Roman colony in the Rhineland from which the city of Cologne, now in Germany, developed.
  • Ara Ubiorum became the capital of Germania Inferior and in 50, it was promoted to the rank of colonia, known as Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, which...
  • Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, known as Cologne, held a vital role as a major Roman settlement on the strategic Rhine river in ancient Germany.
  • The Mithraic vase from Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium in Germany includes Sol-Mithras between Cautes and Cautopates, as well as a serpent...
  • ...you to the town gate to the north where you will see the inscription CCAA which will show you exactly where you are, i.e. in Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium.
  • Antoninianus struck in 269 CE at Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (Cologne) under the reign of Postumus, Augustus of the Gallic Empire Cf.:
  • Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium was the Roman colony in the Rhineland from which the city of Cologne, now in Germany, developed.
  • In this context, Segimundus worked as a high priest at the Ara Ubiorum, a sanctuary in Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, near Cologne, Germany.