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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 ...
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. [3] In English usage, castrum commonly translates to "Roman fort
Remnants of the Ancient Roman Castra The Vipava Valley with Ajdovščina. Castra ad Fluvium Frigidum (Latin for 'Fortress by the Cold River'), also simply Castra (Slovene: Kastra), referred to as mutatio Castra (Castra relay station) in Itinerarium Burdigalense, was a Late-Roman fortress which constituted the centre of Claustra Alpium Iuliarum, an Ancient Roman defensive system of walls and ...
The fortress occupies an area of 23.4 ha, belonging to the group of the medium-size legionary fortresses. The fort wall had a perimeter of almost 2 km and its construction needed circa 25000 m 3 of stone from the quarry at Sanduleşti. In the four corners of the fortress were trapezoidal-shaped bastions, and along each side was a gate.
Castra Martis is a Roman fortress (castra) in the Roman province of Dacia Ripensis on the modern town of Kula, in Vidin Province. Castra Martis has the best preserved Roman walls in Bulgaria and one of the best preserved in Europe. The height reaches 17 m. It used to protect the road through Vrashka Chuka pass in the western Balkan mountains.
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 .
Porolissum was an ancient Roman city in Dacia. Established as a military fort in 106 during Trajan's Dacian Wars, the city quickly grew through trade with the native Dacians and became the capital of the province Dacia Porolissensis in 124. It is one of the largest and best-preserved archaeological sites in modern-day Romania from the