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🛡️ Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Fortlet Rheinbohl

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🛡️ Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Fortlet Rheinbohl
Roman auxiliary fort on the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes


🕐 2 min read · Updated 1 Apr 2026 at 05:06

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📋 Fast Facts
  • UNESCO World Heritage Site, inscribed 1987
  • Part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire transnational designation
  • Located on the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes (Rhine–Danube frontier)
  • Occupied from the 1st to 3rd centuries CE

Fortlet Rheinbohl is a Roman auxiliary fort situated along the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes in western Germany, near the Rhine River. It forms part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, a UNESCO World Heritage Site spanning multiple countries that preserves the extensive boundary systems of the Roman Empire at its height. The fortlet exemplifies Roman military architecture and frontier strategy during the early Imperial period ...

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