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In the year 50, Cologne was elevated to a city under Roman law and named "Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium"; since the Frankish rule it is known as Cologne.
Aug 9, 2021 · In the year 50 AD Agrippina, the wife of the then Roman emperor Claudius, made sure that this place got the rank of a “Roman colony”. From then on it was called “Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium”, also abbreviated to CCAA. The name Cologne is derived from “Colonia”.
Oct 15, 2024 · Cologne - Roman, Medieval, Cathedral: After Julius Caesar destroyed the Eburones in 53 bce, the Roman general Agrippa colonized the area with another tribe called the Ubii, who came from the right bank of the Rhine. A fortified settlement was established on the site about 38 bce.
Aug 20, 2009 · Cologne was a Roman outpost established in 50AD and it’s original name was Colonia Agrippina Agrippinensis plus some more words (look it up if interested). The change from Colonia took place over the years just like the name of Los Angeles changed from the original Spanish one to LA.
Cologne was founded and established in Germanic Ubii territory in the 1st century CE as the Roman Colonia Agrippina, hence its name. [3] Agrippina was later dropped (except in Latin), and Colonia became the name of the city in its own right, which developed into modern German as Köln .
The name Cologne derives from the German name Köln, which in turn comes from the Latin word Colonia from the Roman name of the city—Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium. Cologne is located close to where the River Rhine enters the North German Plain, about 21 miles (34km) northwest of Bonn, and 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Düsseldorf.
Oct 10, 2020 · She was born in Cologne in 15 or 16. The long name was soon abbreviated to CCAA. Colonies were considered to be little copies of Rome, which implied that Cologne had to have a Capitol of its own, a temple dedicated to the Capitoline Triad.
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