What changes coincided with Roman rule on the lower reaches of the Rhine? What aspects of life remained untouched by Romanization? What continuities and discontinuities can be identified in politics, society, the economy, and culture of Germania Inferior? Historical transitions such as the early and final phase of Roman rule are especially illuminating phenomena for the historical sciences.

As small as Germania Inferior was, the province did not develop uniformly. Differences between urban and rural environments, between northern and southern regions, and between political, social, economic, and-cultural aspects of life have been found. The Dutch and German archaeologists and experts on ancient history who have contributed to this volume offer discriminating answers to the question of continuity.

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Thomas Grünewald is a university lecturer on ancient history and is responsible for university policy and planning in the North Rhine-Westphalian State Ministry for Education, Science, and Research.

Sandra Seibel is a research fellow at the Institute of Cultural Sciences at Gerhard-Mercator-University in Duisburg.