A Roman military camp, typically a temporary, fortified settlement arranged in a standardized grid pattern with specific areas for soldiers, officers, and supplies.
From Latin 'castrum' (camp), possibly related to 'castus' (pure) or to root meanings of 'fort' and 'enclosure', used by Romans for their famous organized military encampments.
The Roman castrum design was so influential that many modern European cities—from Chester to Cologne—grew directly from abandoned Roman military camps, their street grids still following 2,000-year-old military planning.
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