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About the Limes and the Ripa Pannonica (Roads&Borders)

Pannonia in the 2nd century AC The Ripa Pannonica , the outer frontier of Pannonia and of the Roman Empire, lies in the Carpathian Basin along the Danube, and belongs to Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia and Serbia. Its main characteristics is that the Danube being the physical obstacle, no artificial obstacle like a wall or an earthwork had to be built. That is why the proper Latin name of this type of frontier is ripa and not limes (though in a broader sense the whole Roman frontier can also be named limes ). The bigger river frontiers are the Rhine and Danube frontiers in Europe and the Euphrates frontier in the East. The main difference in the structure of river and land frontiers is the lack of a built barrier in the former case. The other features like the limes road, forts, fortlets, towers and civil settlements developed in a similar way. However, there is another slight difference. Taking into account the width of the river barrier, sometimes hundred of meters...

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