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Feb 10, 2006 12:35
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castrum
Situé sur un mamelon arrondi, à une altitude de 268 mètres, le bourg … constituait un « castrum », position de défense délimitée à l’ouest par des « Fossés » aujourd’hui comblés.
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| 4 +1 | castrum |
Denise DeVries
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| 4 +1 | Roman military camp |
PFB (X)
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| 4 +1 | castrum or roman fort |
Caroline Mackay-Sim (X)
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| 4 | See expl. |
Dolores Vázquez
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Denise DeVries
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castrum
This is a Latin word and can be left as is or described in English as in the resource below:
castrum -i n.: sing. , [a castle, fort, fortress]; plur. castra -orum, [a camp, encampment]; 'aestiva', [summer quarters]; 'hiberna', [winter quarters]. Transf., [a day's march; martial service; a party, faction].
castrum -i n.: sing. , [a castle, fort, fortress]; plur. castra -orum, [a camp, encampment]; 'aestiva', [summer quarters]; 'hiberna', [winter quarters]. Transf., [a day's march; martial service; a party, faction].
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Roman military camp
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Pierre POUSSIN
: Yes, mais je ne l'aurais pas traduit...Il existe dans tellement de noms de vilels Britanniques et Françaises!
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Tout à fait! Merci!
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castrum or roman fort
castrum is the latin word for fort or camp.
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Dolores Vázquez
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See expl.
Castra, originally a castrum, is a Celtic fortification, which is like a round walled castle in the top of a hill. Romans later used the name for their military camps, which were rectangular.
In the Roman Empire, a castra (the plural form of castrum, castri, a fortification) was a Roman military camp.
In the Roman Empire, a castra (the plural form of castrum, castri, a fortification) was a Roman military camp.
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