Listen to this podcast: Cologne is in turmoil in the Year of the Four Emperors in 69 CE. Agrippina is dead, so is now her son, emperor Nero. Who will become the new Roman emperor? Four men throw their hats into the ring. One of them is Vitellius, the Roman governor of Cologne. The consequences for Cologne as a border town are horrible. At the … Continue reading #6 Vitellius and Marsilius – Cologne’s Women Teach Roman Soldiers a Lesson they never forget

„Roman Empress Agrippina was a monster, a murderer, seductive and ruthless“ that has been the verdict about her since the day she died in 59 CE. Is that true? Born 15 CE in Oppidum Ubiorum, today’s Cologne, she will be the founder of ancient Cologne, promoting the young city like no other has ever before. Listen to this episode: Continue reading #5 Empress Agrippina the Younger – a real Cologne girl!

Listen to this episode: The Ubiermonument (Ubian Monument) The Ubier monument in Cologne is open on the first Thursday of the month – from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Adress An der Malzmühle 1 50676 Köln Continue reading #4 Oppidum Ubiorum or Cologne 1.0

Listen to this episode: Inside the Pantheon   The Rhineland around the years of 38-15 BCE. Caesar is dead. His adoptive son Augustus becomes the first Roman emperor. In his attemps to secure the eastern border of Gaul, that is adoptive father Caesar had conquered, he sends his best friend and son-in-law Agrippa. There, Agrippa comes up with a plan and by doing that he … Continue reading #3 Agrippa and the ugly Ubii

Listen to this episode: Gaul during Caesars campaign in the 50s BCE Continue reading #2 Caesar in the Rhineland – Cologne’s history begins with the Roman general

The Cologne Lowland from above     This episode we will talk about the time before there was a Cologne in the Rhineland. Just a big and fertile lowland, where half-nomadic people would live for many thousand years. Get to know how the climate is here and how it benefits Cologne’s geography. If you are not really into all of that, skip this and go … Continue reading #1 The Cologne Lowland – Stone Age and Prehistory