Frontiers of the Roman Empire - The Danube Limes
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Frontiers of the Roman Empire - The Danube LimesSecondary Title
A Roman River FrontierDescription
This book illustrates the historical and archaeological significance of the Danube Limes and provides an up-to-date overview of its many features in the field. The aim of this book is to inform the interested visitor about the history of the frontiers and to act as a guidebook as well. The Danube Limes is integral part of the system of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire. The Frontiers of the Roman Empire are the largest single monument built by one of the most influential civilizations in human history, stretching on three continents at a length of more than 7000 km, including and linking together hundreds and even thousands of individual fortified sites and ancillary features. The frontier along the Danube was gradually established in the 1st century AD and was strongly fortified after a temporary collapse in the late 3rd century. The western part, reaching approximately to the Croatian-Serbian border, was abandoned at the fall of the Western Roman Empire by the mid-5th century, while the Eastern part continued to serve as the frontier of the Eastern Roman Empire until it was given up in the early 7th century. The length of the Danube Limes, considered for nomination by this proposal is approx. 1800 km. The proposal envisages the nomination of more than 130 individual component parts on the territory of four countries (Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania).Category
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