Augusto e la Germania: come nasce una provincia

Abstract

The article presents a new interpretation, mostly based on archaeological and epigraphic sources, of the Roman political and economical presence in the territory of Germania under the principate of Augustus. Many factors: 1. the presence of civil settlements on the eastern bank of the Rhine; 2. the altar dedicated to Roma and Augustus in the Oppidum Ubiorum (Colonia), designated capital of the Roman province; 3. evidences of a fiscal system and of imperial private properties in the area; 4. the exploitation of the lead mines (owned by the Emperor, bur managed by contractors) imply a solid Roman control of the province between 7 BC (the triumph of Tiberius on the German tribes) and 9 AD (the defeat of Varus).

Keywords

• Romanizzazione
• Archeologia
• Epigrafia
• Provincia Romana della Germania
• Imperialismo