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Just before the year 12 BC was built a camp on the Hunerberg. It had a surface of 42 hectares and had place for 2 legions. A part of the troops served possibly as billeting officers and prepared the offensive of Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus against Germania.

This camp was left for the most part at 10 BC. At this time was built a new camp on the Kops plateau. The surface had a maximum of 4.5 hectares. The luxurious praetorium and numerous officer houses let presume the headquarters of an important commander, possibly Drusus Germanicus itself. Here were stationed legion soldiers.

The camp was altered around the year AD 10. Between the years 10 and 20 were built around the camp and at other places small auxiliary forts. The troop units could have belonged to the army of Julius Caesar Germanicus who undertook campaigns into the Germanic territory between the years 14 and 16.

From the years 30/40 at the time when the campaigns were replaced by diplomatic missions the basis of to the ala Batavorum possibly was here.

During the Batavian revolt of 69/70 the camp was abandoned, yet not destroyed. The Oppidum Batavorum (Batavodurum), headquarters place of the Batavian, went under. In the year 70 a new legion camp was constructed on the Hunerberg. This was about 17 hectares large. The timber constructions were replaced around the year 89 by stone buildings.

Around this camp the canabae (camp village) developed. This reached in the east the Kops plateau. Later an amphitheater, a warehouse or city hall and a big stone market building (the forum) were constructed.

Following legions were in the camp stationed:

bullet70 - 71: Legio II Adiutrix
bullet71 - 104: Legio X Gemina
bullet104 - 121: the camp was not used
bullet121 - ?: Legio VIIII Hispana
bulletfrom 125: presumably no military presence

A Vexillatio Britannica was additional billeted against the end of the 1st century to the year 104. It had several building orders. Among other things a horreum and the forum were built by them.

At this time also the capital of the Batavian - Ulpia Noviomagus - was built. This became later the Municipium Batavorum.

HypocaustAround the years 325 to 330 a camp with a surface of 2.6 hectares was built on the Valkhof and expanded at the year 350 to approx. 4 hectares. Some buildings were replaced by stone buildings. The youngest fort comes from the last quarter of the 4th century and was used possibly to the year 410.

Today still a hypocaust from the settlement Waalkade is to be seen. Furthermore should be marked several wall courses.

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