Reconstructed Limes near Saalburg, Germany.

The Upper Germanic Limes, also called Rhaetian Limes or simply "the Limes", was the border between the Roman Empire and the unsubdued Germanic tribes. Image File history File links en:: Description: near Saalburg, Palisade and Moat Author: Markus Schweiß, Foto taken himself, upload to German wikipedia 17. ... Image File history File links en:: Description: near Saalburg, Palisade and Moat Author: Markus Schweiß, Foto taken himself, upload to German wikipedia 17. ... Jump to: navigation, search A limes is a Roman wall marking the boundaries of the Roman Empire. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Roman Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Ancient Roman polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of Octavian (better known as Caesar Augustus). ... Jump to: navigation, search The term Germanic tribes (or Teutonic tribes) applies to the ancient Germanic peoples of Europe. ...

The Limes extended from the North Sea at Katwijk in the Netherlands along the Rhine to Eining (close to Kelheim) on the Danube. The total length was 568 km. It included at least 60 castles and 900 watchtowers. The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ... Jump to: navigation, search Katwijk (population: 41,822 in 2004) is a coastal village in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. ... Jump to: navigation, search At 1,320 kilometres (820 miles) and an average discharge of more than 2,000 cubic meters per second, the Rhine (German Rhein, French Rhin, Dutch Rijn, Romansch: Rein) is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe. ... Kelheim is a town in Bavaria, capital of the district Kelheim. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Danube (Donau in German; Dunaj in Slovak; Donava in Slovene; Duna in Hungarian; Dunav in Croatian and Serbian; Dunav or Дунав in Bulgarian; Dunăre in Romanian; Дунай (Dunay) in Ukrainian; Danuvius in Latin) is Europes second-longest river (after the Volga). ...

The first emperor who began to build fortifications along the border was Augustus, shortly after the devastating Roman defeat in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 A.D.. Originally there were numerous Limes walls, which were then connected to form the Upper Germanic Limes along the Rhine and the Rhaetian Limes along the Danube. Later these two walls were linked to form a common borderline. Augustus Caesar Caesar Augustus (Latin: IMP·CAESAR·DIVI·F·AVGVSTVS)¹ (23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), known earlier in his life as Gaius Octavius or Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, was the first Roman Emperor and is traditionally considered the greatest. ... Jump to: navigation, search In the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (AD 9), an alliance of Germanic tribes led by Arminius (also known in German as Hermann), the son of Segimerus of the Cherusci, ambushed and wiped out three Legions of unsuspecting Roman allies. ... For other uses, see number 9. ...

The Limes was not an insurmountable bulwark. There were numerous apertures in order to enable trade between Romans and Germanic tribes.

Germanic invasions in the late 3rd century led to the abandonment of the Limes. In 2005, their remnants were inscribed on the World Heritage List as Frontiers of the Roman Empire. // Events The Sassanid dynasty of Persia launches a war to reconquer lost lands in the Roman east. ... Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ...

Towns and cities along the limes

Germany:

• Rheinbrohl - Bad Ems - Miltenberg - Lorch - Eining

Lower Germanic Limes: Germany Bad Ems is a city in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. ... Timberframed houses in Miltenberg, Bavaria Miltenberg is a town in Franconia ( Bavaria, Germany). ...

• Xanten

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• Nijmegen
• Leiden
• Utrecht
• Katwijk

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Jump to: navigation, search Nijmegen (obsolete spellings: Nijmwegen, Nymegen, Nieumeghen — known in German as Nimwegen, French as Nimègue, and Spanish as Nimega) is a municipality and a city in the east of the Netherlands, near the German border. ... Leiden (in English also, but now rarely, Leyden) is a city and municipality in South Holland, The Netherlands. ... Utrecht refers to various cities and areas: A province of the Netherlands A city in the Netherlands, and capital of the province of the same name A (historic) bishopric of the Netherlands An agglomeration in the Netherlands that includes the city of Utrecht A city in South Africa, in the... Jump to: navigation, search Katwijk (population: 41,822 in 2004) is a coastal village in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. ... Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Wikimedia Commons (also called Commons or Wikicommons) is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files. ...