world heritage site (limes in Germany and UK) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frontiers of the Roman Empire is a World Heritage Site. The site includes three walls in different parts of Europe. They were part of the frontiers of the Roman Empire.
Limes (plural: 'Limites') is the Latin name of walls at the border of the Roman empire. There were many such fortifications.[1]
The Latin word has a number of meanings, but the most common one is border.[2]
The term limes was used by Roman writers to describe paths, walls, boundary stones, rivers marking a boundary,[1] but its meaning was not the same as the modern boundary.[2]
Some notable examples of Roman limites are:
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