Greetings, If I am allowed to plug my own web-site, Mitch Trier wrote an excellent history of Trier, which I have on my page as: http://shell.power-net.net/~joemiller/Trier_History.htm Subsequently, I was listening to a minister talking on the radio a couple of months ago describe the ancient city of Ninevah. To me it was very interesting in that both cities were built where two or three rivers come together, making only one side where a fortress is built to protect the inhabitants in time of battle. The connection between these two cities are not coincidental. St. Jerome went to Trier around 100 A.D. and discovered that the Trevari spoke nearly an identical language as that spoken by the Assyrians of the time. Hope this helps. P.S. Werner, sorry to hear about the losses in your family. I will keep them in my prayers tonight. Grüß, Joseph B. Miller Troy, Michigan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Werner Lichter" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 4:28 PM Subject: Re: [TRIER-ROOTS-L] Treves - Trier > Dear Thomas, > the name came from the name of the german race of the "Treverer" that > settled in this area around Trier before the romans came (and with them > in later times). The romans founded a city in 16 before Christ nearby > the capital santuary of the Treverer in the Mosel valley. The historiens > think that there must have been a settlement of the Treverer before the > roman foundation of their new city. The romans called it "Augusta > Treverorum", because of Kaiser Augustus in that year -16. This city > expanded and 300 year later it had arround 50.000 up to 70.000 > inhabitans, with about 1000 farms in the area 50 miles around. > In french the name is written Trèves and not Treves. In the area around > and in Trier they call it Trear/Treer. > > Werner Lichter > > ########################################### > > > > > Actually, the name "Treves" is the French translation of the original > > Latin name of the city (Trevirensis) now known by its German name: > > Trier. Does the name derive from the three rivers in the area (Mosel, > > Ruwer, Saar)? > > > > Thomas Kohn > > > > ==== TRIER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > > Going on vacation longer than 4 days? Go to > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/TRIER-ROOTS.html > > to unsubscribe > > > ==== TRIER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Going on vacation longer than 4 days? Go to > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/TRIER-ROOTS.html > to unsubscribe > >