Roman Danube Frontier

15 BCE–476 CE

The Danube frontier developed as Roman power expanded into the Balkans and Central Europe. Forts, roads, fleets and provincial commands guarded crossings and managed relations with peoples beyond the river.

The frontier was never static. Dacian, Sarmatian, Germanic and other communities could be enemies, allies, trading partners or recruits. Emperors used the Danube both as a defensive system and as a launch point for campaigns beyond the province.

The Empire novels use the Danube frontier when Marcus Aquila and the Tungrians are sent into rough military country far from Britain and Rome. The context supports fiction about isolated missions, river crossings, scouts and unstable diplomacy.

Related people for Roman Danube Frontier

Augustus64 BCE–14 Commodus161–192 Decebalusc. 1st century–106 Domitian51–96 Germanicus16 BCE–19 Hadrian76–138 Livia60 BCE–29 Ovid44 BCE–17 Sejanus21 BCE–31 Tiberius43 BCE–37 Trajan53–117 Vespasian9–79

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