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Germania Superior (Roman province)

Years: 28BCE - 475

Germania Superior ("Upper Germania"), so called because it lies upstream of Germania Inferior, is a province of the Roman Empire.

It comprisei an area of western Switzerland, the French Jura and Alsace regions, and southwestern Germany.

Important cities are Besançon (Besontio), Strasbourg (Argentoratum), Wiesbaden (Aquae Mattiacae), and Germania Superior's capital, Mainz (Mogontiacum).

It comprisea the Middle Rhine, bordering on the Limes Germanicus, and on the Alpine province of Raetia to the southeast.