Editing Neuss (section)

=== Roman period ===
{{Main|Novaesium}}
Neuss was founded by the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] in 16 BC as a military fortification (''[[castrum]]'') with the current city to the north of the castrum, at the confluence of the rivers [[Rhine]] and [[Erft]], with the name of '''Novaesium'''.<ref name=topos>{{cite web| url=https://topostext.org/place/512067UNov| website=ToposText| publisher = Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation|title=Novaesium, Roman fortress on the Rhine, Neuss, Germany| access-date = 26 June 2024}}</ref> 
[[Legio XVI Gallica]] ("Gallic 16th Legion") of the Roman army was stationed here in 43–70 AD. It was disbanded after surrendering during the [[Batavian rebellion]] (AD 70).<ref name="Bunson2009">{{cite book|author=Matthew Bunson|title=Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T5tic2VunRoC&pg=PA313|date=1 January 2009|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-4381-1027-1|pages=313–}}</ref>

Later a civil settlement was founded in the area of today's centre of the town during the 1st century AD. Novaesium, together with [[Treves|Trier]] (''Augusta Treverorum''), is one of the three oldest Roman settlements in Germany.{{cn|date=August 2022}}