Kleinkastelle
English translation: castellum / smaller fort
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| German to English translations [PRO] History / Roman Empire | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: David Williams Germany Local time: 05:27 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | castellum / smaller fort |
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| 5 | watch posts/ camps |
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| 5 | fortlet |
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peer agreement (net): +1castellum / smaller fort Explanation: My wife studied classics and she explained to me that a Kastell/castra/fort would be a legionary fortress for approx. 2000 soldiers, whereas a Kleinkastell would house up to 500. She says that smaller fort or fortlet would both be viable possibilities, but normally it would also simply be described as a fort. See also: https://swaag.org/publicationsSWAAG01.htm -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2019-06-05 07:12:46 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "Of course, the reduction of over 170 di! erent individual and combined site types to a mere fourteen categories implies a loss of information. However, it turns out that most of the variation has to do with terminology, for example by the use of the alternative terms of ‘fort’, ‘auxiliary fort’ and ‘auxiliary castellum’ for installations of similar size and purpose." http://www.limeswerelderfgoed.nl/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2019-06-05 07:15:32 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "After the decline of the original fort, the site was again occupied by Roman forces some 15 years later in AD 105. However, rather than reusing the remains of the preexisting structures, a new, smaller ‘Trajanic’ fortlet capable of housing less than a hundred was built adjacent to the southern rampart." https://hlfmuseumtech.wordpress.com/2014/08/01/visit-castles... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2019-06-05 07:17:27 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "Castellum A castellum in Latin is usually: — a small Roman fortlet or tower, a diminutive of castrum, often used as a watchtower or signal station like on Hadrian's Wall. It should be distinguished from a burgus, which was a later Latin term that was used particularly in the Germanic provinces" https://wikivisually.com/wiki/Category_talk:Military_of_anci... Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://www.limeswerelderfgoed.nl/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/... https://www.academia.edu/39211409/Fortifications_defence_systems_structures_and_features_in_the_past._Proceedings_of_the_4th_International_S |
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watch posts/ camps Explanation: There are a variety of technical terms which can be used here (castrum, etc.) but it seems like this particular usage of the word in question is being used as a blanket term to describe many different types of military camp. There were soldiers posted all along the Limes in camps ranging in size and style from simple fire pits to huge barracks. I'm not sure that a technical term is called for here. I'm an archaeologist who deals a lot with work on the Roman Limes. Technical terms tend to be avoided by scholars in situations like this because they lead to confusion about what specifically is being described. The term castrum for example refers to a very clearly defined style of camp. |
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fortlet Explanation: I like fortlet here - a smaller fort. https://www.linguee.com/english-german/search?source=auto&query=Kleinkastelle |
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