The impact of the Roman Empire on the landscape of the German frontier

Recent research by Freiburg academics on the consequences of Roman efforts to consolidate the frontier of the Empire with the Germanic tribes in terms of its environmental impact is outlined in a recent article from LBV. It relates the changing impact of the Romans on the landscape and sets it against the changing political circumstances. By the end of the Empire what were to become major resources of timber in the middle ages were sprouting and able to grow to maturity.

 

The article can be read at The Roman Expansion Felled Forests So Remote, Inaccessible, and Ancient North of the Alps That They Had Never Been Exploited Before