09-15-2009, 02:13 PM
Ave Fratres,
There is another aspect that I didn't see anyone touch on. Some folks posit that the Limes were originally more about controlling trade and exacting the empires fair measure of revenue than a political boundary or even a military boundary. From my experience as a younger man hiking along the Limes in the Taunus, the line pretty much follows the military crest of the mountains but are extremely straight once you move out of the mountains and down into the cultivated valleys. Ive always wondered , " Why here? , the boundary could have been moved multiple kms to obtain a better defensive position" so maybe there is some weight to the economic theory?
Regards from a pleasant early fall day in the Balkans,
Arminius Primus aka Al
There is another aspect that I didn't see anyone touch on. Some folks posit that the Limes were originally more about controlling trade and exacting the empires fair measure of revenue than a political boundary or even a military boundary. From my experience as a younger man hiking along the Limes in the Taunus, the line pretty much follows the military crest of the mountains but are extremely straight once you move out of the mountains and down into the cultivated valleys. Ive always wondered , " Why here? , the boundary could have been moved multiple kms to obtain a better defensive position" so maybe there is some weight to the economic theory?
Regards from a pleasant early fall day in the Balkans,
Arminius Primus aka Al
ARMINIVS PRIMVS
MACEDONICA PRIMA
aka ( Al Fuerst)
FESTINA LENTE
MACEDONICA PRIMA
aka ( Al Fuerst)
FESTINA LENTE
