. There are a lot of excavations and reconstructlons.The Roman "limes", which people in southern Germany used to call "devil´s wall", runs across the national park. In the hinterland of the limes a number of cities with temples and thermal spas, castels and estates of Roman nobles are proof of the high standard of Roman civilization.
From 15 B. C. to A. D. 16, Drusus and Tiberlus, stepchildren of Emperor Augustus, conquered the land north of the Alps. Augsburg, in Latin "Augusta Vindelicorum", became the brilliant capital of the province of Raetia, the northern boundary of which was the Danube.
Later the Romans advanced across the river, and the emperors Trajan and Hadrian (A. D. 117-138) ordered the limes to be built.
When the limes was finished lt conslsted of a stone wall and guard turrets in regular distances. The guards could call help hy means of fire-signals when danger was impending. Task forces crushed any infringements of the Germanic hordes. When there were serious attacks, reinforcernents came from the castels. The gates were open for trading.
A highly developped network of roads which was in use until the beginning of modern times was good for transporting people and goods and news. Under Roman rule the land around the river Altmuehl was thriving.
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