Julius Caesar and the Rhine Frontier

Nico Roymans and I discuss Rome's frontier on the Lower Rhine, in what is now the Netherlands. Check out my other YouTube channels, ‪@toldinstone‬ and ‪@scenicroutestothepast‬ Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 4:02 Caesar's massacre 9:46 Romanization on the Lower Rhine 13:50 The Batavian Revolt 17:31 The Netherlands in the Roman economy 21:30 Roman influence beyond the Rhine 24:00 The Tetrarchs and the Lower Rhine 28:00 The settlement of the Franks 33:26 Why Dutch isn't a Romance Language