ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Limitanei

Okay kiddo, so imagine you're playing a game of pretend with your friends where you have to guard a secret treasure. You and your friends make a plan to build a big fence around the treasure to keep anyone from taking it.

The Limitanei were kind of like the guards who would protect the borders of the Roman Empire. They had to make sure that no one was coming in or going out without permission. They would build forts and walls to help them do their job, just like you and your friends built a fence to protect the treasure.

Sometimes, bad guys like barbarians would try to sneak across the border and steal things from the Romans. But the Limitanei were there to catch them and send them back where they came from. They were very important because they helped keep the Roman Empire safe!
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