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Marching Camp Entrance Gates
#1
Hi everyone; I am trying to work something out but not getting anywhere. There were a few different ways of defending a camp; claviculae, tituli, and so on.
Were these concurrent throughout, or were particular types more prevalent at different dates?
thanks for your help!

And if anyone has a few pictures of reconstructed marching camp sections, I'd love to see them!
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#2
I also would love to see photos of reconstucted marching camp features like the claviculae and tituli.
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#3
Welcome to RAT! There are several threads on the forum that talk about gates in short term camps, which is what I expect you are talking about.
http://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat.html?fu...306#287382
http://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat.html?fu...462#283538
for starters.

There are a couple of books also that have to do with temporary camps and more permanent camps of different sizes.
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)

Saepe veritas est dura.
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#4
Quote:There were a few different ways of defending a camp; claviculae, tituli, and so on.
Basically three: the clavicula and the titulus (as you said), and a complicated hybrid known as the "Stracathro" (after the type site at Stracathro in Scotland.)

Quote:Were these concurrent throughout, or were particular types more prevalent at different dates?
Studies suggest that the titulus was by far the most common choice; it's definitely the easiest to construct. The clavicula is much less popular, but it was undoubtedly tricky to lay out -- the poorly-constructed example at Burnswark North Camp (probably Antonine) illustrates this difficulty. It is often said that the clavicula has a restricted timespan, but we really just lack Severan examples. (At one end, there is a definite Caesarian example, and at the other end, Hadrianic and probably Antonine examples.)

The "Stracathro" variant appears to be restricted to Flavian camps. The sixteen certain examples all come from Scotland, and it has been suggested that it was the speciality of a particular individual or legion (identity unknown).
posted by Duncan B Campbell
https://ninth-legion.blogspot.com/
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