Subject: Ancient border<br/>
Date: May 13, 2005 @ 18:32<br/>
Author: sdrawkcabdom (&quot;sdrawkcabdom&quot; &lt;sdrawkcab8@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-284362209">This has no doubt been discussed before, but anyway....<br/>
I was wondering about ancient borders, and the degree to which they <br/>
were marked/demarcated in some way. I&#39;m aware of the march land <br/>
concept, but surely not all past border were marches.<br/>
<br/>
Obviously there are some famous examples of ancient borders - the <br/>
Romans and the rivers Rhine and Danube, Hadrian&#39;s Wall, the Great <br/>
Wall of China (not visible in space btw), the Rubicon etc.<br/>
<br/>
But what about, say Ancient Greece (see <br/>
map:http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~kallet/greece/Map%20Peloponnesian%<br/>
20War.jpg). <br/>
Now, I find I hard to believe that these borders would not have been <br/>
marked in some way, condsidering the bitter and bloody wars fought <br/>
between these various states. Or could the border with their arch <br/>
enemies the Persians really have been friendly and open, completley <br/>
unmarked? I realise that the Greeks emphasised their cities, but <br/>
surely some basic defences must have been built for security&#39;s sake <br/>
at least...?</div>