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 [1]. It was located in the Roman province Germania Inferior and is mentioned on the Tabula Peutingeriana, a Roman road map [1]. Established probably between 69-70, soon after or during the Batavian Revolt, and initially called Municipium Cananefatium, the site Forum Hadriani formed the nucleus of the civitas of the Cananefates [1]. It was situated along the Fossa Corbulonis or Corbulo-canal (largely following the route of today's Vliet) [1]. About 270 AD, after several plagues and attacks by Saxon pirates and the reconquering of the region from the Gallic Empire, the Romans abandoned Forum Hadriani [1]. The first scientific excavations at the site of Forum Hadriani were carried out by Caspar Reuvens, between 1827 and 1833 [1]. More excavations were done between 1908 and 1915 by Jan Hendrik Holwerda [1].