Late Roman Nijmegen

[Nathan Ross]

Does anyone know of an archaeological report or similar about the later Roman (c.4th century) fortification and settlements at Nijmegen?

Jona Lendering's Livius page here describes a ditched enclosure on the Valkhof of 200x250m and two civilian settlements - other web sources suggest Frankish settlements nearby as well.

Do we know whether the fort shows any evidence of fortification type? I'm assuming a simple turf wall and pallisade. The circuit seems to be quite large for this era - rather bigger than Portchester on the Saxon Shore.

[Gunthamund Hasding]

Nathan

little bit more info maybe here:
http://www2.rgzm.de/Transformation/Neder...gen_E.html

I suppose that this book will help:
Enckevort, H. Van & Thijssen, J., 2003, Nijmegen und seine Umgebung im Umbruch zwischen Römerzeit und Mittelalter. In: Kontinuität und Diskontinuität. Germania inferior am Beginn und am Ende der römischen Herrschaft. (Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde 35) Berlin/New York. 83-118

there is an ebook here but very expensive, although it gives institutional log in
http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/174711

[Nathan Ross]

Thanks Gelu.

The rgzm page doesn't seem to give much info on the later period, and nowhere else have I found anything beyond what was on the Livius page. I had a look through some sections of the ebook you linked on Google, but couldn't find anything on the Valkhof site (at least, not that I could understand...)

It's not mentioned in Petrokovits's Fortification in the North West Roman Empire from the 3rd to the 4th centuries either - so I guess nothing much is known about it!

[jvrjenivs]

In Dutch:
M.J. Driessen - Bouwen om te blijven : de topografie, bewoningscontinuïteit en monumentaliteit van Romeins Nijmegen
is the most complete (chornological) outline of all big structures in Nijmegen.
Download it from here: http://dare.uva.nl/record/1/274189

[Nathan Ross]

Thanks Jurjen! And thanks too to Siggi (Simplex) for another collection of pdf resources!