Rhine frontier

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Roman frontier militarized boundary

The Rhine frontier was the militarized boundary of the Roman Empire along the River Rhine, serving as a key defensive line and staging ground for campaigns into Germania.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Rhine frontier canonical 12
Lower Germanic Limes 3
Lower Germanic limes 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman frontier ⓘ
militarized boundary ⓘ
adjacentTo Danubian frontier ⓘ
surface form: Danube frontier

limes of the Roman Empire ⓘ
borderOf Roman province of Gallia Belgica ⓘ
Roman province of Germania Inferior ⓘ
surface form: Roman provinces of Germania Inferior

Roman province of Germania Superior ⓘ
surface form: Roman provinces of Germania Superior

free Germanic territories ⓘ
establishedAfter Roman conquest of Gaul ⓘ
follows natural course of the River Rhine ⓘ
function control of river traffic on the Rhine ⓘ
defensive line against Germanic tribes ⓘ
demarcation of imperial territory ⓘ
staging ground for Roman campaigns into Germania ⓘ
garrisonedBy Roman fleet on the Rhine ⓘ
auxiliary cohorts ⓘ
legions of the Roman army ⓘ
hasPart Classis Germanica ⓘ
Limes Germanicus ⓘ
surface form: Lower Germanic Limes

Rhine forts ⓘ
Rhine legions ⓘ
Rhine military camps ⓘ
Rhine naval bases ⓘ
Rhine forts ⓘ
surface form: Rhine watchtowers

Limes Germanicus ⓘ
surface form: Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes
hasSettlement Argentoratum ⓘ
surface form: Argentoratum (Strasbourg)

Roman military camp Vetera ⓘ
surface form: Castra Vetera (Xanten)

Imperial City of Cologne ⓘ
surface form: Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne)

Mogontiacum ⓘ
surface form: Mogontiacum (Mainz)

Vindonissa ⓘ
locatedIn Gaul ⓘ
Germania ⓘ
Western Roman Empire ⓘ
materialUsed earthworks ⓘ
stone fortifications ⓘ
wooden fortifications ⓘ
partOf frontiers of the Roman Empire ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Teutoburg Forest

campaigns of Germanicus in Germania ⓘ
crossing of the Rhine by Vandals, Alans and Suebi in AD 406 ⓘ
invasions across the Rhine in the 3rd century ⓘ
mutiny of the Rhine legions in AD 14 ⓘ
strategicImportance base for expansion into Germania ⓘ
protection of Gaul from Germanic incursions ⓘ
usedBy Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman army ⓘ
usedDuring Dominate ⓘ
Principate ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
surface form: early Roman Empire

Referenced by (19)

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

Nero Claudius Drusus → associatedWith → Rhine frontier ⓘ
Army of the Rhine → operatedIn → Rhine frontier ⓘ
François Séverin Marceau → historicalRegionOfActivity → Rhine frontier ⓘ
Roman province of Germania Inferior → limesSection → Rhine frontier ⓘ
subject surface form: Germania Inferior
this entity surface form: Lower Germanic Limes
Batavian revolt → location → Rhine frontier ⓘ
Julius Civilis → operatedInRegion → Rhine frontier ⓘ
Truce of Ratisbon → relatedTo → Rhine frontier ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhine frontier question
Winter campaign of 1674–1675 in Alsace → hasLocation → Rhine frontier ⓘ
Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium → partOf → Rhine frontier ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lower Germanic limes
Classis Germanica → garrisonRegion → Rhine frontier ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lower Rhine frontier
Postumus → defendedFrontier → Rhine frontier ⓘ
limitanei → geographicalDeployment → Rhine frontier ⓘ
limes Germanicus → hasPart → Rhine frontier ⓘ
subject surface form: Limes Germanicus
this entity surface form: Upper Germanic Limes
limes Germanicus → hasPart → Rhine frontier ⓘ
subject surface form: Limes Germanicus
this entity surface form: Lower Germanic Limes
Battle of Strasbourg (357) → associatedWith → Rhine frontier ⓘ
Godigisel → region → Rhine frontier ⓘ
Nijmegen Hunerberg → partOf → Rhine frontier ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lower Germanic Limes
Nijmegen Hunerberg → locatedNear → Rhine frontier ⓘ
Army of Germany → operatedIn → Rhine frontier ⓘ