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- Since the Danube was in itself an efficient natural frontier, the limes in Pannonia consisted of a series of individual fortifications (castella, turres, specula, etc.) built on strategically favorable sites within view of each other to ensure easy communication and signaling.
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The Pannonian Limes ( Latin: Limes Pannonicus, German: Pannonischer Limes) is part of the old Roman fortified frontier known as the Danubian Limes that runs for approximately 420 km (260 mi) from the Roman camp of Klosterneuburg in the Vienna Basin in Austria to the castrum in Singidunum ( Belgrade) in present-day Serbia.
From N to S downstream on the Danube, the following important fortifications have been documented on the Yugoslav part of the Pannonian limes: Ad Militare (Batina). An important fortress on the hill called Gradina, the temporary residence of Cohors II Asturum et Callaecorum.
PANNONIAN INNER FORTIFICATIONS – STATE OF RESEARCH Currently, five inner fortifications, established in the 4th century AD, are known in Pannonia. They follow a consistent plan: they are “planned establishments” with a regular layout and projecting towers of various shapes along the defensive walls, which enclose a surface ranging between ...
Pannonia ( / pəˈnoʊniə /, Latin: [panˈnɔnia]) was a province of the Roman Empire bounded on the north and east by the Danube, coterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, and southward with Dalmatia and upper Moesia. Pannonia was located in the territory that is now western Hungary, western Slovakia, eastern Austria, northern ...
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The Pannonian Limes (Latin language: Limes Pannonicus, German language: Pannonischer Limes) is that part of the old Roman fortified frontier known as the Danubian Limes that runs for approximately 420 kilometres from the Roman camp of Klosterneuburg in the Vienna Basin in Austria to the castrum in Belgrade ( Singidunum) in present-day Serbia.
Nov 22, 2023 · Since the settlement was a focal point in the systems of fortifications called ‘Limes Sarmatiae’, (The Limes of The Sarmatians, also known as Ördög árok or Csörsz árka in Hungarian),which served as a defence against barbaric invasions, a huge Roman military garrison was stationed here. Aquincum even had a palace built for Emperor Hadrian.
The fortifications of the limes were heavily damaged during the barbarian invasions of the second half of the 2d and 3d c., but they were always rebuilt after the wars. During the rebuilding at the beginning of the 4th c., the camps were reinforced with large bulwark towers.
