Limes – A Border on the Edge of the Empire

Limes – Rome's Border with the Barbarians – A companion book to the permanent exhibition at the Limes Museum in Aalen. Published by the Württemberg State Museum Stuttgart. With 342 illustrations, mostly in colour.

The Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes between the Rhine and Danube rivers formed the border of the Roman Empire with free Germania in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.

This volume provides comprehensive information about the Limes and its historical background. The contemporary situation of the Empire – from the role of the emperor and the treatment of conquered peoples and territories to the organization of the Roman army – is the focus of the general introduction to Roman rule. The volume then describes the daily lives of soldiers and civilians along the Limes and in the hinterland, as well as forts and border policy. A look at the relationship between Romans and Germanic tribes leads to the crisis of the Roman Empire. Finally, an outlook as a myth, a subject of research, and a tourist attraction rounds out the presentation.

Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Sigmaringen 2002

ISBN-10 3799534008

ISBN-13 9783799534000

Paperback, 288 pages, €18.00

The Limes, once the border of the Roman Empire, is today one of the world's largest archaeological monuments and has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

This volume provides a clear and authoritative account of the development of the Roman Borderline, its functions, structures, and fortifications, as well as the lives of the Roman legionaries and civilians on the edge of the Roman Empire.

Martin Kemkes / Jörg Scheuerbrandt / Nina Willburger (Eds.)

On the Edge of the Empire

The Limes - Rome's Border with the Barbarians

First edition out of print.

Second, updated edition: The Limes – Rome's border with the barbarians

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