Insula Batavorum

natural · 30 BC – 2099 AD · location approximate

Both Iulius Caesar and Tacitus refer to the "Island of the Batavi", once located at a split in the Rhine and framed by the Waal river on the one hand and the Lower Rhine on the other. This area seems to correspond roughly to the modern Betuwe in the Netherlands.

Coordinates
51.91667, 5.58333
Also known as
insula Batavorum (la)
Dating
attested

Sources

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