Claustra Alpium Iuliarum — Protecting Late Roman Italy
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2013
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Poznańskie Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk
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Claustra Alpium Iuliarum is a late Roman linear defence system that consisted of
walls, towers, and fortresses, and was intended to defend against incursions into Italy
from the eastern and northeastern parts of the Empire. In contrast to the outer borders
of the Roman Empire, it was constructed in the late third/early fourth centuries inside
the borders of the Roman state, along the geographical line dividing northeastern Italy
from Illyricum. It lies in the mountainous area of the Julian Alps (uninhabited even in
modern times), extending from the northern Adriatic (Rijeka in Croatia) to the Soča
valley in Slovenia. The most important via publica between Aquileia and Emona was
defended by three linear defence lines. The author presents literary sources and numismatic evidence, as well as the results of archaeological excavations, and points out the chronological problems connected with the construction of this late Roman defence structure.
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Dofinansowanie: Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego
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Claustra Alpium Iuliarum, Julian Alps, roman defence system, 4th century
Citation
Studia Europaea Gnesnensia, 7/2013, s. 233-261.
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978-83-7654-166-2