05-01-2010, 10:49 AM
Frontiers were often fluid, especially in such places where natural defences were lacking. Judging from some pictures I found, if the river was of similar size in antiquity it was almost literally a stone-throw's in width. Couldn't it have been part of the frontier on multiple occasions?
David J. Cord
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