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LENGTH‐UNITS IN ROMAN MILITARY PLANNING: INCHTUTHIL AND COLCHESTER
Author(s) -
WALTHEW C. V.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
oxford journal of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1468-0092
pISSN - 0262-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0092.1988.tb00169.x
Subject(s) - fortress (chess) , archaeology , history , engineering , ancient history
Summary. The layouts of the Inchtuthil and Colchester legionary fortresses suggest that 7 1/2 and 3 3/4 p.M. units were employed in military as well as civil planning. The 38 units long by 38 1/2 units wide plots occupied by cohortal blocks at Inchtuthil appear to have provided the basis on which the whole fortress was designed and the sizes of other internal buildings seem to have been related to this scheme. Colchester, although much less well‐known, shows similarities. Further implications for civil and military planning are considered.