Show imperial roman army had own maginot line ROME imperial rome once held back the menace of savage german trib tribesmen eimen with a predecessor of the the ancient fortified line was on what is now german soil hoi however vever and was located considerably sider ably east of the present french defenses the roman line known then and since sin C e as the limes romanus started a at t thi the village of rheinbrohl Rhein brohl on the rhine about 20 miles below coblenz and on the opposite bank of the river it ran miles over hills and through valleys with its other end at eining on the danube thus it protected the roman territory on the interlacing headwaters the limes romanus consisted simply ot of a strong timber palisade when it was first laid out later at the end of the second century A D the palisade was replaced by a continuous earthen wall reinforced at intervals by stone towers |