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The disposition of the castra reflects the most important zones of the empire from a military point of view. Many castra were disposed along frontiers particularly in Northern and Central Europe. Another focal point was the Eastern border, where the Roman Empire confronted one of its long-term enemies, the Persian Empire. Other castra were ...
It was also called "Castra Vetera", and was the main base of the Classis Germanica, because it used an inlet (now called "Bislicher insel") created by the old course of the Rhine river. The headquarters of this Classis were established in 12 BC by Drusus [ 2 ] and controlled the Rhine river : it was mainly a fluvial fleet, although it also ...
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 to a building or plot of land, used as a fortified military base .
The castra had a quadrangular perimeter, with rounded corners and an oblique southern side. Three sides and traces of the fourth western side are still preserved. The enclosure of the castra was incorporated into the city walls built by Emperor Aurelian in the second half of the 3rd century. The Castra Praetoria give the name to the Rione ...
The castra's ruins are located in Buciumi, Romania. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It controlled the road through the Rag pass cutting through Meseș Mountains which was blocked by a stone wall (clausura) directing the traffic to a guarded entrance, and the road from the fort of Bologa towards the central area of the NW segment of Limes Porolissensis .
Certiae was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia. The ruins are located near the villages of Romita and Brusturi, and the fort is also called the Castra of Brusturi. It is likely that the castra was the first fortification built in the region, during the conquest of Dacia phase, and then, as the Limes developed, its central role was overtaken by Porolissum while the local defence moved to ...
The Castra Peregrina ("camp of the strangers") was a castrum (a military barracks) in Rome situated on the Caelian Hill. [1] It was occupied by various military units during the later part of the Roman Empire .
Location Potaissa plan. The Potaissa salt mines were worked in the area since prehistoric times.. The Dacians established a town that Ptolemy in his Geography calls Patreuissa, which is probably a corruption of Patavissa or Potaissa, the latter being more common.