Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Frontiers of the Roman Empire' has mentioned 'Rhine' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
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| Frontiers of the Roman EmpireUNESCO World Heritage SiteThe limes Germanicus, 2nd centuryLocationThe valleys of the Rhine and the Danube; United KingdomIncludesHadrian's Wall (including the Aesica aqueduct, Arbeia, and Corstopitum), Roman defenses along the Cumbrian coast, and the Limes Germanicus; the Antonine Wall is a later addition to this siteCriteriaCultural ii, iii, ivReference430Inscription1987 (11th session)Extensions2005, 2008Area526.9 haBufferxc2xa0zone5,225.7 ha | WIKI |
| This limes was a river border (limes ripa) on the Rhine, defended by a chain of camps, that ran from the North Sea (Katwijk-Brittenburg camp) to Vinxtbach (opposite Rheinbrohl fort on the Upper Germanic Limes), forming the border between the Roman provinces of Germania Inferior and Germania Superior. | WIKI |
| The guards were stationed in nearby castra and watchtowers usually built immediately on the Rhine. | WIKI |
| Each camp had its own river port or landing stage and a storage area, because the Rhine not only formed the border but was also the most important transport and trade route in the region. | WIKI |
| The control and surveillance of the waters of the North Sea, the Rhine estuary and the Lower Rhine was the responsibility of the Classis Germanica whose headquarters was in Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium/Cologne. | WIKI |
| To the north, it bordered those parts of the Roman province of Rhaetia that lay north of the Danube and guarded the eastern border of that part of Germania Superior that lay east of the Rhine. | WIKI |
| They moved their bases back to the banks of the Rhine and Danube, which were much easier to defend militarily. | WIKI |
| The monitoring of the Upper Rhine was the responsibility of the Classis Germanica; that of the Rhaetic Danube came under the Classis Pannonia, whose headquarters was in Aquincum/Budapest. | WIKI |
| The Upper German-Raetian Limes covers a length of 550 km and runs between Rheinbrohlxc2xa0on the Rhine and Eining on the Danube, built in stages during the 2nd century. | UNESCO |