Imperium Romanum

NEW DOCUMENTARY: Watchtowers - the Roman Empire's System of Border Defense

Added 2024-02-15 12:19:27 +0000 UTC

Dear friends,

The topic of this documentary is the Roman watchtower; a building that was at the core of the Roman empire’s border defense in the European mainland, and an almost common thing to see as a reconstruction or archeaological site here in the Netherlands and Germany nowadays. The actual number of Roman watchtowers along the frontier must have been staggering in ancient times, but what role did they fulfill exactly, who manned the watchtowers and what was life like inside a watchtower? Find out in this documentary!

Also, we’re happy to say that we’ve finally found a sponsor again, so we’ll be posting this documentary publicly as well, but we plan to give you the next one as a patreon-exclusive again. We’ve got a lot of documentaries in the make still, but it’s really the finding of sponsors that’s slowing us down unfortunately. So, all the more: thank you all so much, your support means everything.

Enjoy!

Floris, Marc and Alain