Forum Hadriani

Forum Hadriani, in modern Voorburg, was the northernmost Roman city on the European continent and capital of the Cananefates tribe in Germania Inferior. Founded c. 69-70 AD after the Batavian Revolt, it was situated along the Corbulo Canal connecting the Rhine and Meuse. Emperor Hadrian granted it market rights in the 2nd century, and it later received full municipium status as Municipium Aelium Cananefatium. The 12-hectare town featured a bathhouse, temples, shops, and a river port. It was abandoned around 270-275 AD amid Saxon raids and the collapse of the Gallic Empire.