Limes Romanus

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Roman border fortification archaeological site network cultural property frontier defense system

Limes Romanus was the vast fortified frontier system of the Roman Empire, consisting of walls, forts, and military installations that marked and defended its borders across Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Limes Raeticus	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman border fortification ⓘ archaeological site network ⓘ cultural property ⓘ frontier defense system ⓘ
country	Roman Empire ⓘ
endTime	late antiquity ⓘ
follows	Danube River NERFINISHED ⓘ Euphrates River NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhine River NERFINISHED ⓘ desert edges ⓘ
hasPart	Antonine Wall NERFINISHED ⓘ Arabian Limes NERFINISHED ⓘ Danube Limes NERFINISHED ⓘ Hadrian's Wall NERFINISHED ⓘ Limes Arabicus NERFINISHED ⓘ Limes Britannicus NERFINISHED ⓘ Limes Germanicus NERFINISHED ⓘ Limes Mauretaniae NERFINISHED ⓘ Limes Tripolitanus NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhine Limes NERFINISHED ⓘ Saharan Limes NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes NERFINISHED ⓘ ditches ⓘ forts ⓘ military camps ⓘ ramparts ⓘ roads ⓘ walls ⓘ watchtowers ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
locatedIn	Africa Proconsularis NERFINISHED ⓘ Arabia Petraea NERFINISHED ⓘ Britannia NERFINISHED ⓘ Dacia NERFINISHED ⓘ Europe ⓘ Germania NERFINISHED ⓘ Mauretania NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle East ⓘ North Africa ⓘ Pannonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Raetia NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage property NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	border defense ⓘ control of movement ⓘ customs regulation ⓘ deterrence of invasions ⓘ
startTime	1st century CE ⓘ
usedBy	Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Danube limes → partOf → Limes Romanus ⓘ

Ala II Flavia milliaria → associatedWith → Limes Romanus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Limes Raeticus