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Roman harvesting machine from Trier, Germany
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Castra is a Latin term used during the Roman Republic and Roman Empire for a military 'camp', and castrum for a 'fort'.
A lidar view of Cawthorne Camp and forts in North Yorkshire.
Reconstruction of the specula or vigilarium (Germanic burgus), "watchtower", a type of castrum, at Rainau-Buch, Germany. An ancient watchtower would have been surrounded by wall and ditch.
A lidar view of Richborough Castle Roman fort and amphitheatre at the site of Rutupiae and part of Richborough port (HER 1916–1945) in Kent.
Reconstructed east gate of a castrum stativum, a more permanent base, at Welzheim, Germany