camp naming convention

[D B Campbell]

We have the roman names for the permanent legionary camps (fortresses) but was there a convention for naming the marching camps or the camps used for short duration during a campaign?

Temporary camps are never named in our sources, probably because they were ... temporary. As you noted, fortresses and forts were named, presumably to facilitate directing people, mail, supplies to these permanent installations. There probably wasn't the same requirement where temporary camps are concerned. If you were a courier chasing after a campaigning army, I imagine it would have been fairly straightforward to follow the trail of devastation!