🛡️ Frontiers of the Roman Empire
Fortsite and civil settlement of Ober-Florstadt
📋 Fast Facts
- Location: Wetterau region, Hesse, Germany
- Period: 1st–3rd centuries CE
- Type: Roman auxiliary fort (castrum) with civilian settlement (vicus)
- UNESCO ID: 430ter-312, part of Frontiers of the Roman Empire serial site
Ober-Florstadt is a Roman fortsite and adjacent civilian settlement in the Wetterau region of Hesse, Germany, dating to the 1st–3rd centuries CE. It formed part of the Roman limes system—the fortified frontier that defined the limits of the Roman Empire in northern Europe. The site comprises a rectangular military fort with defensive ditches, ramparts, and towers, alongside an extensive vicus (civilian settlement) that housed traders, craftspeople, and soldiers' families, illustrating the ...