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Part two of the limes story concentrates on the 550 kilometer advanced, shorter border between the upper Rhine and Danube, near Mainz. Its construction was a staggering demonstration of superior engineering and organization, such as the -functionally pointless- straight line, not a static wall but a system of early warning and reactive cavalry action. Next it examines its function in a changing historical context of interaction between Roman state and troops and Germanic tribal hordes - in plunder or invasion attempts as well as commerce. It allowed an Antique form of peacekeeping. (official distributor synopsis)
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