Nijmegen, from Oppidum Batavorum to Ulpia Noviomagus, civitas of the Batavi: two successive civitas-capitals
Nijmegen is the oldest city in the Netherlands.The modern name refers Solar Light to its Roman origin.The history of Nijmegen during the first centuries of the Christian era mirrors events in the north-west of the Roman Empire.Around 19 BC, at the start of the third phase of conquest to the north with much military activity, the Oppidum Batavorum w