Julius Caesar and the Rhine Frontier

Nico Roymans and I discuss Rome's frontier on the Lower Rhine, in what is now the Netherlands.

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
4:02 Caesar's massacre
9:46 Romanization on the Lower Rhine
13:50 The Batavian Revolt
17:31 The Netherlands in the Roman economy
21:30 Roman influence beyond the Rhine
24:00 The Tetrarchs and the Lower Rhine
28:00 The settlement of the Franks
33:26 Why Dutch isn't a Romance Language