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Map showing the Roman province of Germania with the Limes Germanicus Reconstructed Limes near Saalburg, Germany Reconstructed stone wall near Rainau-Buch. In the foreground: stone tower "WP 12/77" Roman border defences have become much better known through systematic excavations financed by Germany and through other research connected to them.
The Lower Germanic Limes separated that part of the Rhineland left of the Rhine as well as the southern part of the Netherlands, which was part of the Roman Empire, from the less tightly controlled regions east of the Rhine. Note: limes is a Latin word of two syllables. The route of the limes started near the estuary of the Oude Rijn on the ...
The wooden watchtower reconstructed in 2008 and based on the work of Dietwulf Baatz. The Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes (German: Obergermanisch-Raetischer Limes), or ORL, is a 550-kilometre-long section of the former external frontier of the Roman Empire between the rivers Rhine and Danube.
Limes (Latin; sg., pl.: limites) is a term used primarily for the Germanic border defence or delimiting system of ancient Rome marking the borders of the Roman Empire. [1] [2] The term has been extended in modern times to refer to the frontier defences in other parts of the empire, such as in the east and in Africa.
The Saalburg, located just off the main road roughly halfway between Bad Homburg and Wehrheim is the most completely reconstructed Roman fort in Germany. Since 2005, as part of the Upper Limes, it forms part of a UNESCO World Heritage site. [1] In the modern numbering system for the limes, it is ORL 11.
Map with route of the Odenwald Limes (red line, left) with locations of towers, camps, settlements or well known remains of a villa rustica as well as descriptions of military divisions; right: the line of the so-called Anterior Limes, which replaced the Neckar-Odenwald Limes around 160/165 AD.
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Map of the Roman province of Germania showing Nida. Nida was officially established as capital of "Civitas Taunensium" by emperor Trajan in 110 AD. [3] Indeed the town grew into an important civilian settlement, and after the withdrawal of troops to the Limes around 110 AD, became the main town of the "Civitas Taunensium".