Resumen de Borders of Imperial Rome versus borders of Europe today
Since the accession to the throne of Emperor Octavian Augustus in 27 BC. by the end of the Northern Dynasty (235 AD), Rome was experiencing the most glorious era in its history, as well as a long period of peace and prosperity known as Pax Romana or Pax Augusta.
Although the Latin term "limes" was already used in ancient Rome, during the Roman Empire (27 BC-476/1453) it acquired a new meaning, understood as a boundary in the sense of a visible limit that marks the spatial frameworks of a country's territory in its external outlines. The notion of a border took on a new dimension from August onwards, undergoing development in the field of strategy and policy through the geographical delineation of all the territories and peoples that depended on Rome, as well as in the socio-cultural sphere.
In the middle of the twentieth century, the idea of a united Europe emerged as a necessity in the search for world peace, especially after the two world wars, which arose on the European continent and led to its devastation. Today, the project for the European Union has been fully implemented and consolidated, thanks to the efforts of all its Member States, and the EU is in the process of enlargement. The territory that makes up Europe is also absolutely delineated within its borders - both geographically and strategically and politically, taking into account social, cultural, linguistic, religious and other aspects. The borders, both visible and invisible, and all the other dimensions that define today's Europe, largely coincide with what the Roman Empire was.
