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(Fig. 7.)
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If the striga was ecqual in length to three cen- only, or a space 360 feet long by 60 feet brud.
turies, then the'-cohort would occupy one striga j =-21,600 square feet. See fig. (O.)
(Fig. 8.)
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It is to be observed that in the plan of the camp Josephus, in his account of the Jewish war,
given above, the legionary cohorts on the longer takes special notice of the Roman encampments,
sides are in strigae of 240 feet in length, those on and- although he does not enter into minute details,
the s horter sides in strigae of 360 feet in length, his obs ervations, with which we shall conclude
When the number of legions in an army was this article, form a useful supplement to Hyginus.
greater in proportion to the supplementa than in It is evident from the numerous artizans for whom
the array which we have reviewed, then in order workshops are provided, from the towers with
that they might still be ranged outside of the Via which the valium was strengthened, and from the
Sagularis, the strigae presented their breadth to precaution of setting fire to every thing left behinds
the valurm instead of their length, or to use the that th h e words of the historian refer chiefly to
technical phrase, the length which in the former Castra Stativa. He begins by remarking (B. J.
case had been assigned to the Signa, was now iii. 5) that the Rhomans when invading an enemy's
given to the Tabulinum (Quodsi legiones plures ac- country never hazard an engagement until they
ceperirmus et supplementa pauciora, ut necessariune have fortified a camp (oe 7rplv r7roriTaL!XSw 3)
sit cohortes circa vallum crebrius ponere convertemus'TELX(eeaL erapa-rdir7aov), which, in form, is a square
pedaturarn, QUOD FUERAT SIGNIS TABULINO D A- (8tajXeTrpE?'rraL ~ wapE~CoXi TrTpcy'pdooos), with four
aaMsus). gates, one on each side. The rampart by which
If A B be the line of the valium, C will repro- it is surrounded exhibits the appearance of a wall
sent the position of the cohort in the one case, D furnished with towers at equal distances, and in
in the other. the spaces between the towers bis placed the artillery
Icase~ had aready for immediate service (Troes -i- dE u~s,
teal Ica'ae7rE'A'a, cal AiOoGka, ael 7r8- &(pe'ypo
gpoYac, ve rtO&eot LV curaveoQ rplr -rs T oXes'orloa):.
The camp is divided conveniently by streets, in
the middle are the tents of the officers, and in the
very centre of all the praetorium (-'b e'-pae-TytoV);
iC t ohr there is also a forumn (&yeop4 is urard6hE'vrata),
and a place for artificers (XtspoT'nXXas Xwpev,),
of whom a great number follow the army with
building tools, and seats for the tribunes and centurions ([bicot'is oXaeY7s ietal'ra tdpXeots), where
they decide any disputes which may arise. When
necessary (El 3B &rElyoi) a ditch is dug all round,
_________ _______four cubits deep and four cubits broad.
At day dawn (vrb Bl 4- sv goe) all the soldiers
repair to the tents of their respective centurions
('trh r'obs ~tcaToosrdeXas) and salute them: thea
centurions repair to the tribunes (rrpbbs obs Xit aphxors), along with whom all the centugiona