▁was ▁known ▁as ▁Lo on ▁( F rench ▁Lo oz ). ▁Lo on ▁was ▁a ▁medieval ▁county , ▁and ▁when ▁the ▁line ▁of ▁the ▁Count s ▁died ▁the ▁county ▁became ▁a ▁lord ship ▁held ▁by ▁the ▁Prince - bishop ▁of ▁Li ège . ▁It ▁was ▁still ▁often ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁the ▁" land ▁of ▁Lo on " ▁( land ▁van ▁Lo on ▁in ▁Dutch ). ▁The ▁original ▁capital ▁of ▁medieval ▁Lo on ▁is ▁today ▁officially ▁called ▁Borg lo on , ▁but ▁the ▁capital ▁of ▁the ▁modern ▁province ▁is ▁now ▁Hass elt . ▁ ▁The ▁medieval ▁connection ▁between ▁Lim burg ▁and ▁Li ège ▁was ▁influenced ▁by ▁old ▁Roman ▁administrative ▁divisions . ▁In ▁Roman ▁times , ▁Belg ian ▁Lim burg , ▁and ▁probably ▁also ▁the ▁Dutch ▁province ▁of ▁Lim burg ▁and ▁the ▁medieval ▁Duch y ▁of ▁Lim burg , ▁were ▁in ▁the ▁C iv itas ▁Tun gr orum , ▁which ▁had ▁its ▁original ▁capital ▁in ▁T ong eren . ▁As ▁in ▁neighbour ing ▁regions , ▁the ▁Roman ▁regional ▁capital ▁became ▁the ▁church ▁capital ▁in ▁the ▁middle ▁ages , ▁but ▁this ▁was ▁then ▁moved ▁to ▁a ▁more ▁def ensive ▁position ▁on ▁a ▁river , ▁in ▁this ▁case ▁to ▁Li ège . ▁ ▁Pre histor ic ▁Belg ian ▁Lim burg ▁in ▁the ▁ice ▁ages ▁is ▁assumed , ▁like ▁neighbour ing ▁areas ▁of ▁Europe , ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁home ▁to ▁dispers ed ▁populations ▁of ▁nom adic ▁h unter ▁gather ers ▁including ▁Ne ander th als ▁and ▁later ▁waves ▁of ▁" An atom ically ▁modern ▁humans ". ▁Upper ▁and