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    The Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes (German: Obergermanisch-Raetischer Limes), or ORL, is a 550-kilometre-long section of the former external frontier of...
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  • The Limes Germanicus (Latin for Germanic frontier), or 'Germanic Limes', is the name given in modern times to a line of frontier (limes) fortifications...
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    North-Africa. Germanic Limes including the: Lower Germanic Limes Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes Danubian Limes including the: Rhaetian Limes (only those...
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    The Lower Germanic Limes (Latin: limes ad Germaniam inferiorem, Dutch: Neder-Germaanse Limes, German: Niedergermanischer Limes) is the former frontier...
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    new look at an old problem". C. Sebastian Sommer, Suzana Matešić (HRSG.). Limes XXIII: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress of Roman Frontier...
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    the Roman Empire that was built after the project for the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes in the late 3rd century AD. In a narrower sense the term refers...
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    construction of frontier boundaries now known as limes in other areas of the empire, such as the Limes Germanicus in modern-day Germany. The novelty of...
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    The Wetterau Limes is the name given in the field of historical research to that part of the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes which enclosed the region that...
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    town and of the old tradition to brew beer. Since 2005, the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes, a 550-kilometre-long external frontier of the Roman Empire...
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    Legion". The actual reason is unknown) 17 BC – defeat of Marcus Lollius by Germanic tribes in Gallia in the Clades Lolliana. Legio V Macedonica (returned in...
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    The Limes Gate in Dalkingen is a unique Roman triumphal monument on the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes and is one of its most impressive ruins. Since 2005...
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  • forming part of the wider Roman limes system. It had several forts and watchtowers. The reason of this defensive limes was to protect the Roman province...
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    Neckar-Odenwald Limes (German: Neckar-Odenwald-Limes) is a collective term for two, very different early sections of the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes, a Roman...
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    Till-Steincheshof, Bedburg-Hau, Kreis Kleve. In: Peter Henrich (Hrsg.): Der Limes vom Niederrhein bis an die Donau. 6. Kolloquium der Deutschen Limeskommission...
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    Gryme's Dyke would thus be the Devil's Dyke, mirroring the name of the Roman limes in Southern Germany often called 'Teufelsmauer'. Grímr and Grim are bynames...
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    thrown off the cliffs IX - Barbarian family in a four-wheel cart XLVIII: Germanic POW with Roman Soldier XXII: Emperor Trajan XLIV(Gramatopol) changed as...
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  • imperial troops (legions and auxiliary) which were not merely garrisoned at a limes (fortified border, on the Rhine and Danube in Europe and near Persia and...
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    western Germany. On its Rhine bank is the starting point of the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes, the fortification of 550 km length which delimited the Roman...
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    Neckar-Odenwald Limes Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes Wetterau Limes Danube–Iller–Rhine Limes Norican Limes Claustra Alpium Iuliarum Pannonian Limes Limes Alutanus...
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    belongs to the Main Limes as a part of the Unesco world heritage site Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes (German: Obergermanisch-Raetischer Limes or ORL) and has...
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    The facility is located on the western Taunus section of the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes, and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005. The above-ground...
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  • part of the Danubian Limes. Noric Limes Pannonian Limes (in Upper and Lower Pannonia) Moesian Limes The Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes between the Rhine and...
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    cross as a standard Gonfalon Banner Vexilloid Vexillum (botany) – the large upper petal of a papilionaceous flower Vexillum (gastropod) – a genus of snails...
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    shoulder guards, breastplates, and backplates were used to protect the upper body and the shoulders. The form of the armor allowed it to be stored very...
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    border and field units. The border (limitanei) units were to occupy the limes, the structured border fortifications, and were formed by professional soldiers...
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  • 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021. "Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Western Segment)". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original...
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  • Neckar-Odenwald Limes Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes Wetterau Limes Danube–Iller–Rhine Limes Norican Limes Claustra Alpium Iuliarum Pannonian Limes Limes Alutanus...
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    Neckar-Odenwald Limes Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes Wetterau Limes Danube–Iller–Rhine Limes Norican Limes Claustra Alpium Iuliarum Pannonian Limes Limes Alutanus...
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    system of the British branch of the Saxon Shore (the so-called "Wash-Solent limes"), although they are not included in the Notitia, such as the forts at Walton...
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  • ("Nineteenth Legion"), founded by Augustus around 41 BC, were destroyed by a Germanic alliance led by Arminius in the Varian Disaster (September 9, AD 9) and...
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