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The Main Limes
Moenus - the ancient river Main
Road network at the Main Limes
Harbours at the Main Limes
The quarrying of red sandstone in antiquity
Alemanni attacks on the Main Limes around 233 AD
End of the Main Limes
Forts at the Main Limes
Roman cavalry units
Parade armour
Shields - the most important defensive weapons
Limes - the concept and literary sources
Mercury/Mercurius - worship and cult sites
Bathing culture
The garrisons at the Main Limes
Woodcutters at the Main
Germanic settlements following the end of the Main Limes
Religion and the world of the gods
The vici
Beneficiarius stations
Construction methods - stone forts
Watchtowers at the Main Limes
Tile production
The fort wall
Mithras - an Oriental, mystic cult
Building inscriptions
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