Burgus
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burgus-236-6351349
title:
Burgus
text:
A burgus or turris ("tower") is a small, tower-like fort of the Late Antiquity, which was sometimes protected by an outwork and surrounding ditches. Darvill defines it as "a small fortified position or watch-tower usually controlling a main routeway." Burgus was a term used in the later period of the Roman Empire, and particularly in the Germanic provinces.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Fortification of late Roman imperial times
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgus
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date modified:
2023-05-17T15:12:48Z
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