Pannonian Limes

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The Heidentor, originally built in the Roman fort-city of Carnuntum in present-day Austria.

The Pannonian Limes (

barbarians (Barbaricum
).

Geography

The limes in Pannonia

During the Roman Empire, the Pannonian region was divided into Pannonia Superior, or Upper Pannonia, to the west and Pannonia Inferior or Lower Pannonia to the east.[1] Pannonia Superior consists mainly of present-day states of Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, and Slovenia, while Pannonia Inferior consists of present-day states of Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

History

The Danubian limes was one of the most turbulent regions in the European part of the

Dacia Traiana in 271 AD, because from that point on, the pressure of migrating peoples on this section of the limes increased still further. The limes also had a great influence on the economic and cultural life of the civilian population because its hinterland was one of the main supply areas for the border troops and these in turn were the guarantors of the rapid Romanisation of the province.[2]

The majority of the occupying forces were stationed in camps (

Sarmatian
barbarian and migrant peoples, that finally ended in the 5th century with the collapse of the Empire in the west.

Pannonia's border changes and the locations of legion camps, deduction colonies and the Amber Road between the 1st and 4th centuries

See also

References

  1. ^ "Pannonia". UNRV Roman History.
  2. ^ Sándor Soproni (1973), p.59.

Literature

External links

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