 | Publius Ovidius Naso - 1851 - 580 pages
...Palisades.] — Ver. 286. The word ' vallum ' is found applied either to the whole, or a portion only, of the fortifications of a Roman camp. It is derived...palisade which ran along the outer edge of the ' agger,' or ' mound :' but it frequently includes the ' agger ' also. The ' vallum,' in the latter sense, together... | |
 | William Smith - 1854 - 396 pages
...states of Sicily. VALLUM. UV VACATIO. [EXBRCITVS, p. 145; EMERITI.] VADIMO'NIUM, VAS. [ACTIO ; PRAKS.] VAGI'NA. [GLADIUS.] VALLUM, a term applied either...It is derived from vallus (a stake), and properly meant the palisade which ran along the outer edge of the agger, but it very frequently includes the... | |
 | William Smith - 1868 - 492 pages
...[MATRIMONIUM.] UXORÏUM. [AES UXORITJM.] TTACATÏO. [ExERCiTus, EMERITI.] V VADÏMONÏUM, VAS. [Астю ; PRAES.] VAGINA. [GLADIUS.] VALLUM, a term applied...Roman camp. It is derived from vallus (a stake) , and preperly means the palisade which ran along the outer edge of the agger, but it very frequently includes... | |
 | Francis Gardner - 1872 - 300 pages
...to deeds. 3. obducta nocte] Sc. ccelo, ' when night had come on.' 7. vallum] Sc. castronan. The term properly means the palisade which ran along the outer edge of the rampart; but very frequently it includes the rampart also. The vallum, in the latter sense, with the... | |
 | Francis Gardner - 1872 - 302 pages
...to deeds. 3. obducta nocte] Sc. ccelo, ' when night had come on.' 7. vallum] Sc. castrorum. The term properly means the palisade which ran along the outer edge of the rampart; bat very frequently it includes the rampart also. The vallum, in the latter sense, with the... | |
 | Sallust - 1874 - 358 pages
...(=trausversis), by eross marehes, ie at an angle with the preceding. 19. Juxta — si, just as if. Vallo. Vallum, a term applied either to the whole or a portion of the fortificatious of a Roman camp. It is derived from vallus (a stake), and properly meaus the palisade... | |
 | Francis Gardner - 1875 - 300 pages
...deeds. 3. obtliicta nocte] Sc. ctelo, ' when night had come on.' 7. vallum] Sc. castrorum. The term properly means the palisade which ran along the outer edge of the rampart; but very frequently it includes the ramp.irt also. The rallian, in the latter sense, with... | |
 | Sallust - 1879 - 346 pages
...(=transversis), by cross marches, ie at an angle with the preceding. 19. Juxta — si, just as if. Vallo. Vallum, a term applied either to the whole or a portion of the fortiflcations of a Roman camp. It is derived from vallus (a stake), and properly means the palisade... | |
 | Julius Caesar, George Stuart - 1881 - 370 pages
...; so, agi = that they should act. See note on line 33, page 117. Page 115 '• Vallo, the rampart : a term applied either to the whole or a portion of...fortifications of a Roman camp. It is derived from viillus, a stakt, and properly means the pausado which ran along the outer edge of the top of the agger,... | |
 | 1892 - 514 pages
...and so was not superseded by the word murus. But vallum does not necessarily imply an earthwork : " It is derived from vallus (a stake), and properly...which ran along the outer edge of the agger, but it frequently includes the agger itself."2 The term would apply equally to the palisades we have conjectured... | |
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vallus,' ' a stake ; ' and properly means the palisade which ran along the outer edge of the ' agger,' or ' mound ; ' but it frequently includes the ' agger 