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How to use castra in a sentence

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The largest castra were legionary fortresses built as bases for one or more whole legions.
Hadrian's Wall and the castra on the Saxon Shore are still the most prominent symbols of Roman rule over Britain.
Previously, legions were raised for specific military campaigns and subsequently disbanded, requiring only temporary castra.
From then on many castra of various sizes were established many of which became permanent settlements.
The first Roman frontier in the north and west of the island was marked by watchtowers and military camps, or castra, along the Fosse Way.
The new frontier in Dacia was along the Brazda lui Novac line supported by new castra.
The guards were stationed in nearby castra and watchtowers usually built immediately on the Rhine.
The standard suit of streets running through the castra is assumed, although some evidence exists for the via praetoria, via decumana and via sagularis.
The English town name of Winchester has a parallel derivation, ultimately from the combination of the Latin words Venta, in that case, Venta Belgarum, and castra.
One of us had even claimed to be present at Castra Regina, although we mainly considered him a braggart.
Armus and Castra, in the heart and belly respectively, are stars with disagreeable natures, whose prominency indicates malevolence and destructiveness.
Castra Rubra is even the emblem of the new generation of Bulgarian producers: a judicious choice with regard to the placement of the vineyards and the modern, high-quality vinification by gravity.
To support this incursion he built bases such as Pinnata Castra, a legion camp near Inchtuthil.
Uldin crossed the Danube and captured a fortress in Moesia named Castra Martis, which was betrayed from within.
A decorative phalera, or piece of harness, with his name on it has been found at Castra Vetera, modern Xanten, then a large Roman army and naval base on the lower Rhine river.
When the Romans breached the treaty in 440, Attila and Bleda attacked Castra Constantias, a Roman fortress and marketplace on the banks of the Danube.
Examples from Classical Literature
She put the copied note in an emblazoned envelope, and directed it to Edgar Caswall at Castra Regis.
A fillip was given to the conversation when Adam told of his seeing Lady Arabella, on her way to Castra Regis.
He had, in Castra Regis, a large collection of curious and interesting things formed in the past by his forebears, of similar tastes to his own.
Meanwhile, another member of the household at Castra Regis had schemes which he thought were working to fruition.
Lady Arabella was cold-blooded, and she was prepared to go through all that might be necessary of indifference, and even insult, to become chatelaine of Castra Regis.
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