The History of Cologne
By Willem Fromm
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The History of Cologne is a podcast that tells the story of Cologne, Germany. It’s a city with 2,000 years worth of history and it has so much to tell! Listen to the city growing. Dive into the early history of the city being founded by the Romans. How did it become a bustling medieval city? How did Cologne perform during Napoleon and the Industrial Revolution? And how about the Nazi time? Triweekly schedule, going chronological from the Roman roots up until today.
Where is this podcast now in the chronology: 1198
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#91 From a Dance in the Streets to Chaos at the City Walls in 1265
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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#90 Broken Promises - Engelbert II von Falkenburg's War on His Own City
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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#89 Hermann Gryn's Fight against a Lion
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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REUPLOAD #88 A Day in Cologne's Medieval Harbour
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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#87 The Battle of Bayenturm 1262
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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#86 In the Heart of the City: Women's Convents in 13th Century Cologne
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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#85 Jewish Life and Legal Status in 13th-Century Cologne
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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#84 The Staple Right of 1259: Cologne’s Key to Centuries of Wealth
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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#83 How a Family Feud in 1257 Sparked a Citywide Crisis in Medieval Cologne
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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#82 Cities Rising: The Rhenish League and the Dawn of Urban Power in the Holy Roman Empire
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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#81 How a Coin Tossed Cologne into Chaos in 1252
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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#80 Building Cologne Cathedral in the 13th century
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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#79 Albert the Great - The Universal Doctor and Genius of Medieval Cologne
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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#78 Master Gerhard and the Devil's Bargain: The Legend Behind Cologne Cathedral
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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#77 Why the Old Cologne Cathedral was demolished in 1248
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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#76 From Cathedral to Captivity: The Tumultuous Early Years of Konrad von Hochstaden
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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#75 A Royal Welcome: The English Princess Isabella's Arrival in Cologne in 1235
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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#74 An Eternal Dispute: The Rise of the Mühlengasse family 1237
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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#73 A brief History of the Neumarkt Square
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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#72 The Lords of Berg
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May 13, 2024 |
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#71 Rise and Fall of Engelbert I
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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#70 A short walk through Cologne in the first half of the 13th century
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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#69 The Children's Crusade from 1212
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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#68 Two Archbishops and Two Kings - The German Throne Dispute
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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#67 Surrounded by Enemies - Cologne in the German Throne Dispute
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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#66 The Legend of Hermann Josef and the Apple
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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#65 The Throne Dispute of 1198
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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#64 Emperor Barbarossa and Cologne
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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#63 Cologne's sneaky city expansion of 1179
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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#62 How England made Cologne's merchants rich in the 12th century
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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#61 Sacred Treasures: Medieval Shrines and Their Significance in Cologne
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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#60 How the Three Holy Kings came to Cologne Cathedral
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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#59 How to build a Church in Cologne's Romanesque Century (1150-1250)
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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#58 The Scrooge McDuck of Cologne: Flour, Pennies, and Quirky Nicknames in 12th Century Cologne
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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#57 Shadow and Light: The Jewish Community in Cologne in the 12th Century
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May 29, 2023 |
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#56 From Economic Power to Political Dominance - Cologne's Brotherhood of the Rich in the 12th century
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May 08, 2023 |
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#55 Rupert of Deutz and the Fire of 1128
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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#54 Who owns the city? (in the 12th century)
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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#53 When the church bells in Cologne were silenced: The Interdict of 1119
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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#52 The History of Cologne Carnival - 200th Anniversary
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Feb 11, 2023 |
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#51 Exploring 12th Century Cologne: A Virtual Walk through Time
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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#50 "Don’t mess with us!" City Expansion and Siege of Cologne in 1106
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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#49 Between Toleration and Persecution: Jewish Life around 1100 AD: The Pogrom of 1096 and the First Crusade
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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#48 Germany in the 2nd half of the 11th century - Interview /w Dirk Hoffmann-Becking from History of the Germans Podcast
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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#47 Anno‘s Revenge - The Archbishop strikes back 1074 AD
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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#46 Enough is enough! - The Revolt of 1074 AD against Archbishop Anno II in Cologne
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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#45 Anno II - The great Builder and City Ruler of the 11th century
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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#44 The Coup of Kaiserswerth
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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#43 A forgotten Dynasty? - The Rise and Fall of the Ezzonids or How a single family dominated Cologne in the 11th century
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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Funfacts about Cologne - Summer Break Episode
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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#42 A Day in Court at Cologne Cathedral in the 11th century - An Ugly Archbishop and the Beauty of the Cologne Penny
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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#41 The Barefoot Shepherd: St. Heribert - A Medieval Crisis Manager of the 11th Century and Founder of Deutz Abbey
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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#40 1000 AD - Cologne at the turn of the millennium
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May 23, 2022 |
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#39 Theophanu - A Greek Princes saves the Holy Roman Empire
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May 02, 2022 |
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#38 How Archbishop Bruno changed the face of Cologne forever - until today
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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Retrospective on Frankish Cologne
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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#37 Bruno - The Archduke of Cologne
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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#36 From the Empire of the Franks to the Land of the Germans
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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#35 Sancta Colonia - Cologne at the end of the 9th century
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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#34 The Vikings
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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Bonus: Q&A Episode
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Oct 30, 2021 |
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#33 A Frankish Double Divorce Drama
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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#32 Cologne during the Carolingian dynasty
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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#31 The Old Cathedral before Cologne Cathedral
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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#30 The Elevation to Archbishopric and the Saxon Wars change Cologne forever
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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#29 Hildebold and Charlemagne - a lifelong friendship
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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#28 Plectrude - The Rise of the Carolingians in Cologne
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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#27 Cologne's Churches in the late Merovingian Period
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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#26 Bishop Kunibert: Priest, City Lord and Regent of the Frankish Empire
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May 31, 2021 |
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#25 Cologne in the Merovingian period - Who's talking about decline here?
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May 10, 2021 |
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#24 Clovis and Sigibert - Two Frankish Kings in the Empire of the Franks
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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#23 A New Era Begins - Early Frankish Cologne
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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"What have the Romans ever done for us?" - A Retrospective on Roman Cologne
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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#22 The End of Roman Cologne
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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#21 The Martyrdom of St. Ursula - The Saga of St. Ursula and its Backgrounds
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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#20 Saint Severin of Cologne - a new faith spreads in Cologne
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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#19 All Quiet on the Western Front - Roman Cologne in Late Antiquity
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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#18 A Frankish Intermezzo - Is Cologne now a Frankish or still a Roman city?
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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#17 The Fateful Year 355 AD - Cologne's darkest hour to date
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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#16 Constantine and the birth of Deutz
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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#15 The Religions in Roman Cologne - About Mother Deities, Menorah and Jupiter
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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#14 The Emperor Postumus of Cologne - The City on the Rhine Becomes the Capital of a Rebellious Empire
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Aug 31, 2020 |
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#13 The Crisis of the Third Century - Cologne's Golden Age in Antiquity Draws to a Close
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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#12 A Tour through Roman Cologne's Golden Era - part 2
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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#11 A Tour through Roman Cologne's Golden Era - part 1
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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#10 Roman Emperor Trajan visits Cologne
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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#9 SPQR in CCAA - How the Romans Ruled Ancient Cologne
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May 18, 2020 |
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#8 A Tale of Water and Stones - About Cologne's Outstanding Infrastructure in Roman Times
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Apr 27, 2020 |
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#7 The Batavian Revolt - Nero's Death in Faraway Rome Has Serious Repercussions for Cologne
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Apr 06, 2020 |
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#6 Vitellius and Marsilius - Cologne's Women Teach Roman Soldiers a Lesson they never forget
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Mar 16, 2020 |
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#5 Empress Agrippina the Younger - a real Cologne girl!
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Feb 24, 2020 |
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#4 Oppidum Ubiorum or Cologne 1.0
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Feb 02, 2020 |
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#3 Agrippa and the ugly Ubii
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Jan 26, 2020 |
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#2 Caesar in the Rhineland - Cologne's history begins with the Roman general
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Jan 26, 2020 |
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#1 The Cologne Lowland - Stone Age and Prehistory
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Jan 26, 2020 |
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Trailer: History of Cologne
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Jan 26, 2020 |