Rhine limes

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The Rhine limes was a major fortified frontier line of the Roman Empire along the River Rhine, marking the boundary between Roman-controlled provinces and the Germanic tribal territories.

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Label Occurrences
Rhine limes canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman frontier ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
limes ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence civilian settlements (vici) near forts ⓘ
fort remains ⓘ
military installations ⓘ
bordered Germanic tribal territories ⓘ
Roman province of Raetia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman provinces of Germania Inferior NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman provinces of Germania Superior NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedFrom earlier Augustan military deployments on the Rhine ⓘ
experienced pressure from Germanic incursions ⓘ
formedPartOf Roman limes system ⓘ
function customs and control boundary ⓘ
defensive line ⓘ
military frontier ⓘ
garrisonedBy auxiliary cohorts ⓘ
legions ⓘ
hasPart fortlets ⓘ
forts ⓘ
military camps ⓘ
river fleets ⓘ
roads ⓘ
watchtowers ⓘ
historicalRole boundary between Roman world and Germanic tribes ⓘ
locatedIn Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Rhine River NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainRiverSection Lower Rhine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Upper Rhine NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf frontier system of the Roman provinces in northwestern Europe ⓘ
purpose control of river crossings ⓘ
deterring invasions ⓘ
monitoring trade and movement ⓘ
relatedTo Danube limes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hadrian's Wall NERFINISHED ⓘ
Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes NERFINISHED ⓘ
separated Roman-controlled territories from free Germania ⓘ
significantPeriod 1st century AD ⓘ
2nd century AD ⓘ
3rd century AD ⓘ
timePeriod Roman Imperial period NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy Roman army NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman navy NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Germania Inferior → wasPartOf → Rhine limes ⓘ