Fortified Posts of the Roman Limes
Forts, watchtowers, and frontier works along the Roman imperial limes.
836 records 1st–4th c. CE 49.02° N · 12.22° E
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The frontier installations of the Roman Empire — legionary fortresses, auxiliary forts, watchtowers, and linear works — mapped along the Rhine, Danube, and British limites. Records carry garrison type and period of occupation where attested epigraphically.
| Theme | Military — conflict & fortification |
|---|---|
| Region | Europe |
| Temporal range | 1st–4th c. CE |
| Geographic coverage | Continental |
| Records | 836 geolocated entities |
| Data source | Wikidata + curated CSV |
| Centroid | 49.02° N · 12.22° E |
| Last revised | Nov 2025 |
Compiled from a curated CSV corpus (n = 836) and reconciled against Wikidata entities. Geographic coordinates were verified against published gazetteers prior to publication.
· accessed 2025-11-12
SPARQL query
SELECT ?item ?itemLabel ?coord ?inception WHERE { ?item wdt:P31 ?class . ?item wdt:P625 ?coord . OPTIONAL { ?item wdt:P571 ?inception . } SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "en". } } Ortelius Editorial Board, ed. “Fortified Posts of the Roman Limes” [dataset]. Ortelius: A Research Atlas of Thematic Cartography, Study AT-003. 2026. doi:10.5281/ortelius.003
DATASET CC BY 4.0 · ENRICHMENT CC0 · CARTOGRAPHY MIT
The published dataset is distributed as CSV with a derived GeoJSON edition; coordinates are decimal degrees on the WGS 84 datum. DOI 10.5281/ortelius.003.