Limes

There are 216 items in Limes:

Asciburgium (Moers-Asberg)

Asciburgium: Roman fort, part of the Rhine limes, modern Asberg.  Although the Roman historian Tacitus claims that Asciburgium ("fort of the ash wood") was founded by the Greek hero Odysseus, this auxiliary fort, opposite the confluence of the Ruhr and the…

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Bodegraven

Bodegraven: fortified bridge in the Roman Rhine limes. Roman helmet The road from Zwammerdam to Woerden along the frontier river Rhine crossed…

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Bu Njem Inscriptions

Gholaia: Roman fort, part of the Limes Tripolitanus, modern Bu Njem.The following inscriptions were found in Bu Njem. They are known to scholars as AE 1988, 1102; CIL 8, 10992; AE 1979, 645. The many erasures betray the Damnatio Memoriae of Geta…

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