Roman legionary fortresses in Netherlands

thumb|Market square thumb|Weighhouse (1613) thumb|Concert hall Opera Concertgebouw de Vereeniging thumb|A sculpture from 2020 inspired by the Nijmegen Helmet thumb|Kronenburgerpark thumb|Terraces Molenstraat

thumb|upright=1.3|Dorestad in the network of main Northern European trade routes in the Early Middle Ages (c. 800)

Fectio, known as Vechten in Old Dutch, was a Roman castellum in the province Germania Inferior established in the year 4 or 5 AD. It was located at the place where the river Vecht (Fectio) branched off from the Rhine, leading to Lake Flevo, which was later to become the Zuiderzee. This was near the modern hamlet of Vechten in the municipality Bunnik, Utrecht, Netherlands.

thumb|290px|Matilo's location in Leiden thumb|Map of the coast in Roman times superimposed on South Holland today, showing Matilo's location Matilo or Matilone was once a Roman fort (castellum) in modern-day Leiden. Positioned on the southern banks of the Oude Rijn, it served to protect the Roman borders in the province of Germania Inferior (Limes Germanicus). On the Peutinger map, it lies between the encampments of Albaniana (Alphen aan den Rijn) and Praetorium Agrippinae (Valkenburg). The seventh-century Ravenna Cosmography cites the name in the accusative case as Matellionem.

former Roman fort in The Netherlands

former Roman fort in The Netherlands