Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes (Kottenforst Süd | Oben der Krayermaar)

Limes Germanicus

The Limes Germanicus (Latin for Germanic frontier) is the name given in modern times to a line of frontier (limes) fortifications that bounded the ancient Roman provinces of Germania Inferior, Germania Superior and Raetia, dividing the Roman Empire and the unsubdued Germanic tribes from the years 83 to about 260 AD. The Limes used either a natural boundary such as a river or typically an earth bank and ditch with a wooden palisade and watchtowers at intervals. A system of linked forts was built behind the Limes.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limes Germanicus