Re: Re: Gloranthan maps

From: Roderick and Ellen Robertson <rjremr_at_...>
Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 19:08:10 -0700

> Q: is anyone aware of a nation ever choosing to "retreat behind its
> natural frontiers" (rather than "expand until it reaches its natural
> frontiers"? :-)

Well, the Roman Empire chose to stop expanding and retreated behind a combination of natural (Rhine) and built (Hadrian's Wall) barriers. Does that count? It *could* have continued expanding, if the will had been there.

RR
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