page_title: Germania Superior
hierarchical_section_title: Germania Superior
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Darstellung zeigt den Verlauf des rätischen und obergermanischen Limes. English: Map shows location of the Rhaetian and Upper Germanic Limes Español: Mongontiacum y el limes en el Siglo II.
context_page_description: Germania Superior was an imperial province of the Roman Empire. It comprised an area of today's western Switzerland, the French Jura and Alsace regions, and southwestern Germany. Important cities were Besançon, Strasbourg, Wiesbaden, and Germania Superior's capital, Mainz. It comprised the Middle Rhine, bordering on the Limes Germanicus, and on the Alpine province of Raetia to the south-east. Although it had been occupied militarily since the reign of Augustus, Germania Superior was not made into an official province until c. 85 AD.
context_section_description: Germania Superior  ("Upper Germania") was an imperial province of the Roman Empire. It comprised an area of today's western Switzerland, the French Jura and Alsace regions, and southwestern Germany. Important cities were Besançon (Vesontio), Strasbourg (Argentoratum), Wiesbaden (Aquae Mattiacae), and Germania Superior's capital, Mainz (Mogontiacum). It comprised the Middle Rhine, bordering on the Limes Germanicus, and on the Alpine province of Raetia to the south-east. Although it had been occupied militarily since the reign of Augustus, Germania Superior (along with Germania Inferior) was not made into an official province until c. 85 AD.
caption: Northern part of the province with the Limes Germanicus.
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