• The Limes Arabicus was a desert frontier of the Roman Empire, running north from its start in the province of Arabia Petraea. It ran northeast from the...
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    North-Africa. Germanic Limes including the: Lower Germanic Limes Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes Danubian Limes including the: Rhaetian Limes (only those elements...
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  • The Limes Germanicus (Latin for Germanic frontier), or 'Germanic Limes', is the name given in modern times to a line of frontier (limes) fortifications...
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    eastern frontier to the Tigris. He then enlarged and fortified the Limes Arabicus in Arabia Petraea. In 202, he campaigned in Africa and Mauretania against...
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    new look at an old problem". C. Sebastian Sommer, Suzana Matešić (HRSG.). Limes XXIII: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress of Roman Frontier...
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    fortifications such as the Limes Arabicus (called the Limes Uranus), Limes Mauretaniae, Fossatum Africae, Fossa Regia, Limes Tripolitanus, Limes Numidiae, etc. In...
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  • to nearly half the original size (at the west of what was called the Limes Arabicus) in order to better defend Arabia Petraea from raiders and enemies....
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    were charged with collecting tax from Bedouins seeking to dwell in the Limes Arabicus and protecting the Byzantine frontier from Bedouin raiders from the...
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    Roman army. Limes Arabicus, (called the Limes Uranus) was the frontier of the Roman province of Arabia Petraea facing the desert. Limes Tripolitanus...
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  • Malalas, Asclepiades, the dux Palaestinae (commander of the province's Limes Arabicus troops), whose units were reinforced by the Caesarea-based Arcadiani...
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