DER OBERGERMANISCHE LIMES UND SEINE ENTWICKLUNG
THE LIMES OF UPPER GERMANY AND ITS DEVELOPMENT

Summary/Abstract: The Limes of Upper Germany and Its Development. The evolution of the Roman frontier of Upper Germany in time was a complex one. The frontier movements resulted in successive shifting of the lines towards East and were caused by more than one factor: the aim of shortening the frontier line, the enclosing of economically useful territories, the security concepts of different emperors etc. The physical frontier structures are now better dated especially as a result of dendro-chronological investigations. These structures of the limes were meant to control the traffic of people and goods and also to have a psychological effect both on the Roman and on the “barbarian” side of the frontier.

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