What is Limes (Roman Empire)?
{{italic title}} {{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site | WHS = Frontiers of the Roman Empire | Image = Limes Germanicus 2nd c.png | Caption = The limes Germanicus, 2nd century | Location = The valleys of the Rhine and the Danube; Britain. | Includes = [[Hadrian's Wall]], Roman defenses along the [[Cumbria]]n coast, and the ''Limes Germanicus''; the [[Antonine Wall]] is a later addition to this site | Criteria = Cultural ii, iii, iv | ID = 430 | Year = 1987 | Extension = 2005, 2008 | Area = 526.9 ha | Buffer_zone = 5,225.7 ha }} ''Limes'' (plural ''limites'') is a modern term used for the Roman [[border]] defence in [[Germany]]. It marks the [[border]]s of the [[Roman Empire]], though it was not used by the Romans for this purpose.<ref>Benjamin Isaac 1988. ''The meaning of 'Limes' and 'Limitanei' in Ancient Sources''. ''Journal of Roman Studies'', '''78''', pp. 125–147.</ref><ref>Great Walls and Linear Barriers, Peter Spring, Pen and Sword, 2015, Chap. 24. {{ISBN|1473853842}}, 9781473853843</ref> The term has been extended to refer to the frontier defences in other parts of the empire, such as in the east and in [[Africa]]. It is used by the [[World Heritage site]] [[bureaucracy]] to include the two walls in Britain, the [[Antonine Wall]] and [[Hadrian's Wall]]. The Limes is often associated with [[Roman Empire|Roman]] [[Fortification|forts]], but it could apply to any area near the walls where the Romans exercised loose control with military forces. == References == {{reflist}} {{World Heritage Sites in Germany}} {{World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom|state=collapsed}} {{WHSite}} [[Category:Buildings and structures in Germany]] [[Category:World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Roman buildings and structures]]