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What is a castellum?

What is a castellum? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (historical) A small Roman detached fort or fortlet used as a watch tower or signal station.
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Under Drusus a castellum was erected here, which was destroyed by the Franks and the Alemanni.
His son Robert then held the honor of Eye, 'olim Nobile castellum,', and other estates.
Every castle that they took was burned and destroyed, like Sir Ingelric's castellum at Speen.
I doubt whether the walls of any Roman castellum could have resisted such a ram.
Then we shall be able to invest the castellum closely, leaving a numerous body to prevent any sortie.
On a jutting crag of rock, in plain view from the town below, is an ancient Roman castellum.

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