{"id":1108,"date":"2021-06-20T17:41:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-20T17:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/principialegionis.org\/?page_id=1108"},"modified":"2025-10-18T18:24:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T22:24:50","slug":"legionary-camps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/principialegionis.org\/index.php\/the-roman-army\/legionary-camps\/","title":{"rendered":"Legionary Camps"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1108\" class=\"elementor elementor-1108\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-272a0b4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"272a0b4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f21bf8\" data-id=\"8f21bf8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8421338 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8421338\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/principialegionis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1.39-Aquila.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6\" alt=\"Aquila\" srcset=\"https:\/\/principialegionis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1.39-Aquila.jpg 570w, https:\/\/principialegionis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1.39-Aquila-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c4971a3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c4971a3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-89548b1\" data-id=\"89548b1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4f671d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a4f671d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>LEGIONARY CAMPS<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22f31b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22f31b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are two principal sources of information on Roman camps.<\/p><ul><li><strong><em>Polybius<\/em><\/strong> (ca. 200 to 118 BC), an Achaean, who described contemporary camps in (chapters 19-42 of Book 6 Histories). He was a tutor to the <strong><em>Scipio<\/em><\/strong> family and accompanied <strong><em>Scipio<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Aemilianus<\/em><\/strong> (a natural son of <strong><em>Aemilius<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Paullus<\/em><\/strong>) to the siege of Carthage in 146 BC.<\/li><li><strong><em>Pseudo<\/em><\/strong>&#8211;<strong><em>Hyginus<\/em><\/strong>, an unknown author who composed <strong><em>De<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Munitionibus<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Castrorum<\/em><\/strong>, a work on military camps, sometime between the 2nd and 4th century.<\/li><\/ul><p>The primary purpose of a camp or fort was not to withstand attack but to provide a safe staging area for troops to organize before deployment in battle. This is evident by towers being built-in or set flush with the outside camp walls. Only in the twilight years of the empire, when its military might was waning and it was being besieged by its enemies, did towers begin to protrude from fort walls to improve fields of fire.<\/p><p>The typical legionary camp followed a playing card shape with rounded corners. It was surrounded by a trench (<strong><em>fossa<\/em><\/strong>) with a mound (<strong><em>agger<\/em><\/strong>) crowned with a wall (<strong><em>vallum<\/em><\/strong>). The <strong><em>vallum<\/em><\/strong> in a marching camp was a wood palisade but in permanent forts the defensive walls were of heavy timber or stone.<\/p><p>In the field, a legion would march for five hours before it halted. Engineers preceded the main body and staked out a camp site. Upon arrival, the legionnaires would excavate the <strong><em>fossa<\/em><\/strong>, construct the <strong><em>vallum<\/em><\/strong>, and erect their tents before dinner. On the day of departure breaking camp involved backfilling the <strong><em>fossa<\/em><\/strong> to prevent occupation of the site by hostiles.<\/p><p>Camps, whether marching or permanent, were always constructed near a reliable source of water for drinking and bathing. The engineers sited them on ground with sufficient slope to carry off wastewater. Latrines in permanent forts were specifically designed so that water flowed continuously through them to carry off disease-causing effluent.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fec7a9f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fec7a9f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-009527d\" data-id=\"009527d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b826720 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b826720\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/principialegionis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/DRAWING-Inchtuthill-1.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Inchtuthill Roman Castra\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Roman Castra layout\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTQ0NiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3ByaW5jaXBpYWxlZ2lvbmlzLm9yZ1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMVwvMDZcL0RSQVdJTkctSW5jaHR1dGhpbGwtMS5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"711\" src=\"https:\/\/principialegionis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/DRAWING-Inchtuthill-1-922x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1446\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/principialegionis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/DRAWING-Inchtuthill-1-922x1024.jpg 922w, https:\/\/principialegionis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/DRAWING-Inchtuthill-1-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/principialegionis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/DRAWING-Inchtuthill-1-768x853.jpg 768w, https:\/\/principialegionis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/DRAWING-Inchtuthill-1.jpg 1138w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-039633a\" data-id=\"039633a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93319e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93319e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A cleared space (the <strong><em>intervallum<\/em><\/strong>) with a road (the <strong><em>via<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Sagularis<\/em><\/strong>, known as cloak street) paralleled the <strong><em>vallum<\/em><\/strong> around the interior. The <strong><em>intervallum<\/em><\/strong> reduced vulnerability to incoming fire (viz. incendiaries) by distancing the tents from enemy projectiles. It also provided a rallying\/marshalling point for troops to defend the ramparts or march out on patrol.<\/p><p>Unlike modern armies, there was no central mess hall. It was the responsibility of each <strong><em>contubernium<\/em><\/strong> (a section of 6-10 men) to requisition food and cook their own meals (usually over open fires in marching camps). In permanent forts or fortresses communal beehive-shaped ovens were often recessed into the <strong><em>agger<\/em><\/strong> that bordered the <strong><em>intervallum<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7940ed5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7940ed5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c9711ef\" data-id=\"c9711ef\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22defcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22defcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Each <strong><em>castra<\/em><\/strong> was equipped with four gates defended by towers. The main gate (<strong><em>Porta<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Praetoria<\/em><\/strong>) was typically oriented to face the direction of maximum danger. From this gate then <strong><em>via Praetoria<\/em><\/strong> ran straight to a T-shaped junction where it intersected with the <strong><em>via<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Principalis<\/em><\/strong> (which had gates at either end, the <strong><em>Porta<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Principalis<\/em><\/strong> Sinistra (left) and the <strong><em>Porta<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Principalis<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Dextra<\/em><\/strong> (right).<\/p><p>Roads were elevated in the centre so that surface water ran off into gutters flanking either side (and afterwards out of the camp).<\/p><p>The <strong><em>via Praetoria<\/em><\/strong> stopped in front of the <strong><em>principia<\/em><\/strong> (legion headquarters). Directly behind the <strong><em>principia<\/em><\/strong> the road continued under the name of the <strong><em>via<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Decumana<\/em><\/strong> (derived from the location of the 10<sup>th<\/sup> maniple in a Republican camp) and ran to the rear gate (<strong><em>Porta<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Decumana<\/em><\/strong>). Since camp supplies were received by way of the <strong><em>Porta<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Decumana<\/em><\/strong>, it was alternatively known as the <strong><em>Porta<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Quaestoria<\/em><\/strong>. Parallel to the <strong><em>via<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Principalis<\/em><\/strong> and directly behind the <strong><em>Principia<\/em><\/strong> was the <strong><em>via<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Quintana<\/em><\/strong> (5<sup>th<\/sup> street) which was on occasion equipped with gates where it met the ramparts at either end.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fca8990 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fca8990\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9fc5499\" data-id=\"9fc5499\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21c0e20 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21c0e20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>INTERNAL CAMP DIVISIONS<\/strong><\/p><p>The <strong><em>via<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Principalis<\/em><\/strong> and the <strong><em>via<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Quintana<\/em><\/strong> split the camp into three sections. The physical location of the barracks, the principia and the tribunes\u2019 houses were generally fixed in a camp.<\/p><p>The <strong><em>Praetentura<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p>The zone in front of the principia housed cohortal barracks. Quarters for the senior officers (above the level of centurion but below that of legate) ran along the <strong><em>via<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Principalis<\/em><\/strong>. Cleanliness was important to Romans and every permanent camp had baths within its walls or in close proximity outside. Baths usually had an exercise hall and a courtyard for sports (a <strong><em>palaestra<\/em><\/strong>) not unlike a modern YMCA.<\/p><p>The <strong><em>Latera<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Praetorii<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p>This area was between the <strong><em>via<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Principalis<\/em><\/strong> and the <strong><em>via<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Quintana<\/em><\/strong>. To one side of the <strong><em>principia<\/em><\/strong> was the commanding officer\u2019s quarters (the <strong><em>praetorium<\/em><\/strong>). In a permanent fort it was a separate building constructed in the fashion of a Mediterranean villa. The tribunal, altars, auguries [<strong><em>auguratorium<\/em><\/strong>], granaries [<strong><em>horraea<\/em><\/strong>], the armoury [<strong><em>armamentarium<\/em><\/strong>], workshops [<strong><em>fabrica<\/em><\/strong>], the hospital [<strong><em>valitudinarium<\/em><\/strong>], the legionary cavalry barracks [equites] and scouts [<strong><em>speculatores<\/em><\/strong>], were also located in the <strong><em>latera<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>praetorii<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p><p>The <strong><em>Rententura<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p>Located at the rear of the camp (above the <strong><em>via quintana<\/em><\/strong>), this area generally consisted of cohortal barracks, granaries and stores.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d4a7d3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d4a7d3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b9aaf2\" data-id=\"6b9aaf2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-194c18c\" data-id=\"194c18c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-962f0a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"962f0a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"628\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/principialegionis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SPQR.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-116\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/principialegionis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SPQR.jpg 628w, https:\/\/principialegionis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SPQR-300x102.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4800131\" data-id=\"4800131\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEGIONARY CAMPS There are two principal sources of information on Roman camps. 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