Castra
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title:
Castra
text:
In the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, the Latin word castrum was a military-related term. In Latin usage, the singular form castrum meant 'fort', while the plural form castra meant 'camp'. The singular and plural forms could refer in Latin to either a building or plot of land, used as a fortified military base. In English usage, castrum commonly translates to "Roman fort", "Roman camp" and "Roman fortress". However, scholastic convention tends to translate castrum as "fort", "camp", "march
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wiki
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description:
Roman term for a fortified military base
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castra
date created:
2004-05-25T02:46:59Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T18:07:00Z
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