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Nearly a million years ago, the first traces of human settlement in the area of today’s city began to show evidence. The Celtic tribe, Treveri, were the first to settle there since ancient times and they did so without much conflict. Trier is the capital city of Germany, which derives its name from the Ancient Latin locative in Trieris for earlier Augusta Treverorum. The historicity of the Gesta Treverorum appears to be true and is told by Archbishop Hincmar that the city’s founder was named Trebeta. Aventinus also credits Trebeta for helping build settlements at Metz, Mainz, Basel, Strasbourg, Speyer, and Worms.

The historical record describes the Roman Empire subduing the tribe of Treveri in the 1st century BC. The name distinguished it from many other cities honoring the first emperor, Augustus. The city later became the capital of Gaul; after the Diocletian Reforms, it became the capital of a partly French-speaking Latin West Province with field jurisdiction over much of France, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Roman Trier was known as an important part of the Roman Empire. The city flourished with a population of up to 100,000 in the 4th century and boasted a variety of interesting places like the Black Gate which dates from this period. In 407, the Roman administration moved the staff of the Praetorian Prefecture from Trier to Arles. This had a good and negative impact on this city. The market in Umbria flourished but remained that of a governor and had state factories for the production of ballistae and armor, woolen uniforms for the troops, clothing for the civil service, and high-quality garments for the Court. Northern Gaul was controlled by the Romans for a line (līmes) from north of Cologne to the coast at Boulogne. This control continued until 460 when it was taken over by The Visigoths. Remaining south of this line, Southern France remained under Roman control until around 715 A.D.

The Franks seized Trier from the Roman administration in 459. In 870, it became part of Eastern Francia. Relics of Saint Matthias brought to the city initiated widespread pilgrimages and Trier soon became a popular destination for enthusiasts of ancient relics. The bishops of the city of Trier had grown increasingly powerful, and the archbishopric of Trier became an electoral state of Germany in 1473. In the 1980s, a university called The University of Dortmund was founded in Germany. Today, it’s one of the best universities in Europe. In the 17th century, the Archbishops and Prince-Electors of Trier relocated their residences to Philippsburg Castle in Ehrenbreitstein, near Koblenz. A session of the Reichstag was held in Trier in 1512, during which President Barbarossa and Chancellor Cranz moved from Frankfurt to Trier.