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The Limes in Germany
A map of Roman limes, located outside the city of Trier, in present-day Germany.
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Holzhausen Roman Limes Fort, Germany
The Roman Limes fort at Holzhausen in Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany) is one of the best-preserved forts. It was erected in the mid-3rd century CE during the reign of Caracalla (r. 211-217 CE) and used until the abandonment of the limes in...
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The Limes at Osterburken, Germany
Osterburken is the location of the best-preserved Roman Limes fort in the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is also home to the Römermuseum Osterburken, which presents finds from Osterburken and the region and provides information...
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Vetoniana Roman Limes Fort, Germany
Vetoniana is a Roman cohort camp near Pfünz in Bavaria, Germany. Probably constructed around 90 CE as a wooden and earth structure and later rebuilt in stone, Fort Vetoniana was garrisoned by a unit of 500 men, including some cavalry. Of...
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Reconstructed Gate of the Roman Fort Biriciana, Germany
The reconstructed gate of the Roman fort Biriciana in Weißenburg (Germany) along the Limes Germanicus. Biriciana was the garrison of the Ala I Hispanorum Auriana between the last years of the 1st century CE and the end of the Limes in the...
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Welzheim Roman Limes Fort, Germany
The east fort (Ostkastell) at Welzheim in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The site has been designed as an archaeological park with replicas of Roman stone monuments and explanatory plaques about Roman Welzheim. The fort was built in 160 CE and...
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The Coastal Landscape of Wadden Sea, Northern Germany
Brown grass on a body of water at Norden, Germany.
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Reconstructed Roman Fortlet in Pohl, Germany
The Limes Fortlet in Pohl (German Limeskastell Pohl) is an authentic replica of a small limes fort with a watchtower. It is designed as an open-air museum and gives a vivid and plausible impression of life on the German frontier.
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Abusina Roman Limes Fort, Germany
Abusina was a Roman military camp of the Roman province of Rhaetia. It is located at Eining on the Danube around 30 kilometres (984 ft) south-west of Regensburg, along the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes. Originally a timbered earth fort erected...
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Signing the Armistice Between Russia and Germany, 1917
A photograph taken on 15 December 1917 showing German and Russian delegations signing the armistice to end hostilities between the two nations during the First World War (1914-18).
German Federal Archives, Koblenz.
