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This contemporary French SILVER medaille has been minted to commemorate the Roman Emperor CALIGULA, 12 – 41 CE.
The medal is
related to the Roman coin.
This medal
has been minted in 100 pieces (100 in silver, 400 in bronze).
This one has the number XII / C on the rim.
Caligula (Latin: Gaius Julius Caesar
Augustus Germanicus;
31 August 12 AD – 24 January 41 AD), also known as Gaius, was Roman
Emperor
from 37 AD to 41 AD. Caligula was a member of the house of rulers
conventionally known as the Julio-Claudian
dynasty.
Caligula's father Germanicus, the nephew and adopted son of Emperor Tiberius, was a very successful
general and one of
av.
Caligula
rv.
Three Gratiae
diameter
– 62 mm, (2½”)
weight
– 187.00 gr, (6.60 oz)
metal – SILVER, beautiful authentic patina
Germania (/dʒərˈmeɪni.ə/ jər-MAY-nee-ə; Latin: [ɡɛrˈmaːni.a]), also
called Magna Germania (English: Great Germania), Germania
Libera (English: Free Germania), or Germani Barbaricum to distinguish
it from the Roman province of the
same name, was a large historical region in north-central
Europe during the Roman era, which was
associated by Roman authors with the Germanic peoples. The region
stretched roughly from the Middle and Lower Rhine in the
west to the Vistula in the
east. It also extended as far south as the Upper and Middle Danube and Pannonia, and to the
known parts of Scandinavia in the
north. Archaeologically, these peoples correspond roughly to the Roman Iron Age of those
regions. While apparently dominated by Germanic peoples, Magna
Germania was also inhabited by Celts.
The Latin name Germania means
"land of the Germani",
but the etymology of the
name Germani itself is uncertain. During the Gallic Wars of the
1st century BC, the Roman general Julius
Caesar encountered peoples originating from beyond the Rhine. He referred to these
people as "Germani" and their lands beyond the Rhine as
"Germania". In subsequent years, the Roman emperor Augustus sought to
expand across the Rhine towards the Elbe, but these efforts were
hampered by the victory of Arminius at
the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD. The
prosperous Roman provinces of Germania Superior and Germania Inferior, sometimes
collectively referred to as "Roman Germania", were subsequently
established in northeast Roman
Gaul, while territories east of the Rhine remained independent of
Roman control.
From the 3rd century AD, Germanic peoples moving out of Magna Germania began encroaching upon and occupying parts of Roman Germania. This contributed to the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, after which territories of Roman Germania were captured and settled by migrating Germanic peoples. Large parts of Germania subsequently became part of the Frankish Empire and later East Francia. The name of Germany in English and many other languages is derived from the name Germania.