Limes (Roman Empire)
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A limes was a border defence or delimiting system of Ancient Rome. It marked the boundaries of the Roman Empire.
The Latin noun limes had a number of different meanings: a path or balk delimiting fields, a boundary line or marker, any road or path, any channel, such as a stream channel, or any distinction or difference. In Latin, the plural form of limes is limites.
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See also
- Borders of the Roman Empire
- The Pale
- Romans in Arabia
- Limitanei, soldiers on the late Roman and early Byzantine limites.
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