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The body had two barracks. The remains of the oldest one (castra priora equitum singularium) were found in 1885-1889 on the Celian Hill (Via Tasso), together with numerous inscriptions with dedications to different deities, that were probably housed in the sanctuary of the barracks.
The adjacent city district Castro Pretorio is named after the barracks. The Castra Praetoria was the location of several important events in the history of Rome. It was to this camp that Claudius was brought after the murder of his nephew Caligula to become the first emperor to be proclaimed by the Praetorians.
A barracks emperor (also called a "soldier emperor") was a Roman emperor who seized power by virtue of his command of the army. Barracks emperors were especially common from 235 to 284 AD, during the Crisis of the Third Century , which began with the assassination of Severus Alexander .
Castra (pl.) is a Latin term used during the Roman Republic and Roman Empire for a military 'camp', and castrum (sg.) [1] for a 'fort'. [2] Either could refer a building or plot of land, used as a fortified military base.
It has been claimed by some authors, as the name suggests, that the barracks housed a garrison of peregrini, non-citizens and free subjects of the empire. [5] Others, however, dispute this claim and have proposed that the barracks housed Roman citizens; if so, the name would not imply the lack of citizenship but rather refer to the fact that they were detached away from the legions for special ...
Provinces of the Western Balkans. The Illyriciani or Illyrian emperors were a group of Roman emperors during the Crisis of the Third Century who were of Illyrian origin and hailed from the region of Illyria (Latin: Illyricum, in the Western Balkans), [1] [2] [3] and were raised chiefly from the ranks of the Roman army (whence they are ranked among the so-called "barracks emperors").
The officers' barracks and mess establishment at Fort York, Toronto, built in 1815 after the original 1793 fort was destroyed by American soldiers during the War of 1812. Barracks of the 117th infantry regiment in Le Mans, France (c. 1900). Officers' barracks at New Fort York made of Queenston limestone (1840), the site's only surviving structure.
Roman military borders and fortifications were part of a grand strategy of territorial defense in the Roman Empire, although this is a matter of debate.By the early 2nd century, the Roman Empire had reached the peak of its territorial expansion and rather than constantly expanding their borders as earlier in the Empire and Republic, the Romans solidified their position by fortifying their ...