Limes (Roman Empire)

border defence or delimiting system of Ancient Rome

7 dated entries naming Limes (Roman Empire), drawn from 7 separate years between 17 CE and 528 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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1st century

17Tacfarinas, Numidian deserter from the Roman army, begins a guerrilla war against the Romans. He leads his own Musulamii tribe and a coalition of Berbers, attacking the Limes Tripolitanus, a fortified zone (limes) of the Roman Empire in Africa.source
50Utrecht is founded, and a Roman fortification (castellum) is constructed at the Rhine border in the present-day Netherlands.source
83Emperor Domitian fights the Chatti, a Germanic tribe. His victory allows the construction of fortifications (Limes) along the Rhine-frontier.source
84The construction of the limes, a line of Roman fortifications from the Rhine to the Danube, has begun.source
88The First Dacian War ends: Decebalus becomes a client king of Rome, he receives money, craftsmen and war machines to protect the borders (limes) of the Roman Empire.source

3rd century

260Gallienus evacuates the fortifications (limes) in the Agri Decumates (Germania Superior), covering the Black Forest area in the face of invading Alamanni.source

6th century

528Justin, Byzantine general (magister militum), dies in battle against the Bulgars on the frontier of the Danubian limes in Moesia. He is succeeded by Constantiolus.source

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