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| Selected response from: Francesco D'Alessandro Spain Local time: 12:57 | ||||||
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4 +6 | limes is actually Latin |
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5 | (Roman) fortified border defense system |
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4 | stockade |
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limes is actually Latin Explanation: and means border, fortified wall, fortified ramparts (like the Adrian Wall in Britain, if memory does not betray me) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-05-28 12:07:34 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Vladimir, I suggest that you digit the following 3-word string on Google (or any other search engine): limes stone wall. You\'ll find plenty of material there, but I can anticipate what I suspected, i.e. that the Roman limes was mainly made of stone. Nevertheless, the writer of your text may well have used this term improperly (the Romans never went as far as Russia...) and actually meant a wooden stockade. |
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