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THE ROMAN BRIDGE OVER THE MOSEL RIVER I could not love a woman as much as I love Trier and my heart is heavy with sadness, for Covid 19 has come between us, but safe in my mind are the sweet memories of our last meeting. My focus of writing this article is hopefully to encourage any readers to share with me the origin of Trier as it begins to reveal its self to archaeologists and to the historians of antiquity, and be seduced enough to want to visit this delightful German city. THE PEOPLE OF THE DISTANT PAST INCLUDING THE TREVERI In the many centuries before the birth of Christ most of Western Europe was inhabited by numerous and diverse pagan tribes. Perhaps some of the larger tribes would have a Royal house including a king. A tribes boundaries would have been defined by the lay of the land, which may have included hills, river valleys and a forest, while in other parts the boundaries would fluctuate. Tribal warfare appears to have been a regular feature of their societies. They fought for political control, economic advantage and to conquer territory. Their internal wars prevented the unification of Gaul as did other migrating tribes like the Helvetii, which would have created more pressure on their valued land. Between 58 BC and 50 BC Julius Caesar ( B 12 July 100 B C—D 17 march 45 B C ) was responsible for the expansion of the then Roman Republic through what is now France and parts of Belgium and by conquering Gaul it allowed Rome to secure the natural border of the river Rhine. This was completed