Forum Hadriani

Forum Hadriani, in the modern town of Voorburg, was the northernmost Roman city on the European continent and the second oldest city of the Netherlands. It was located in the Roman province Germania Inferior and is mentioned on the Tabula Peutingeriana, a Roman road map. About 270 AD, after several plagues and attacks by Saxon pirates, the Romans abandoned Forum Hadriani. * Drawing (1800) of a bronze hand found in 1771 * Same hand on display in the Museum van Oudheden in Leiden

Forum Hadriani

Forum Hadriani, in the modern town of Voorburg, was the northernmost Roman city on the European continent and the second oldest city of the Netherlands. It was located in the Roman province Germania Inferior and is mentioned on the Tabula Peutingeriana, a Roman road map. About 270 AD, after several plagues and attacks by Saxon pirates, the Romans abandoned Forum Hadriani. * Drawing (1800) of a bronze hand found in 1771 * Same hand on display in the Museum van Oudheden in Leiden