Trajan's Wall

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Roman walls in Romania

Limes in 800

Historical map of the Lower Trajan's Wall (marked in green) in what is now Ukraine

The Trajan or Trajan's Wall is an ancient fortification line in the former Bessarabia (in Dobrogea , a part of the old Moesia ).

description

The Trajanswall consists of the Lower Trajanswall with a length of 120 km and the Upper Trajanswall with a length of 126 km. They are named after the Roman Emperor Trajan (98–117) because of the presence of the Romans in this area at the time of their creation.

The Lower Trajan's Wall runs for 126 km in a west-east direction from the Prut to Lake Sassyk on the Black Sea . The thickness of the system could still be determined during investigations in 1925. The remains of the earth walls were 40 m wide in places and a height difference of five meters between the ditch and the crest of the wall. It is believed that it was a military defense line to protect shipping traffic on the Danube , which ran about 25 km to the south.

The Upper Trajanswall runs 150 km north of the Lower Trajanswall also in a west-east direction. It connects the Prut with the Dniester over a length of 120 km . The dimensions of the ramparts are slightly smaller than in the south. The Romans built the ramparts in the second century to protect their empire from invaders.

Bulgarian Limes

Under Khan Krum (803-814) the Limes was still used as Новакова Бразда to protect the northern border of his empire.

See also

• Limes (border wall)

literature

• Robert Kienzle: The Trajan walls in southern Bessarabia and old Romania . In: Yearbook of Germans from Bessarabia. Hanover 1991

Web links

• Wall section «Valu lui Traian» northeast of Murfatlar, photo series on Panoramio
• Trajanswall at "Antikefan"

Individual evidence

1. ↑ История на Българите: Военна история на българите от древността до наши дни from Георги Бакалов

Coordinates: 44 ° 11 ′ 33 ″  N , 28 ° 26 ′ 39 ″  E