Not only is Trier a Roman city it is also the oldest city in Germany then a purely civilian
city 80 miles (120 kilometers) from the Rhine and the Germanic tribes. It began around a wooden
bridge from 18 17 B.C. at the site of a ford used by the Celtic Treveri and soon occupied the
wide valley with an extensive grid pattern of streets on the site of sporadic Celtic
settlements. Because it had been founded under Caesar Augustus in the area of the Treveri it
was called Augusta Treverorum an later shortened to Treveri. This book introduces Trier's
unusual history as Roman imperial city and seat of an Electoral Prince. It also describes the
most important structures eight of which are on the Unesco World Heritage list the museums
and the events in a merrymaking city. Map included.
