Look up: Vallum

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   vallum
   Latin, meaning: palisade, earthen wall, entrenchment, rampart.
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   Vallum
   A bank. Used to describe the enclosure bank of an early Christian church or monastery.
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   vallum
   A wall or rampart. A Roman encampment was always enclosed by a defensive system comprising at least 3 components; a ditch or fosse, an inner bank or agger containing the ditch outcast, and a palisade or vallum surmounting the bank; the rampart then, contained both the agger and vallum elements. In the Polybian camp, the vallum was described as a li...
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   Vallum
   Wall.
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   Vallum
   This term strictly refers to the whole of Roman frontier works, such as Hadrian's Wall. However, it is usually used to describe a wide, steep-sided and flat-bottomed ditch, flanked by two regularly shaped mounds of the material excavated. The ditch was about eight metres wide at its top and 2.5m at the bottom. Its depth was originally near two metr...
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   vallum
   ¹ rampart A Roman encampment was always enclosed by a defensive system comprising at least three components; a ditch or fosse, an inner bank or agger containing the ditch outcast, and a palisade or vallum surmounting the bank; the rampart then, contained both the agger and vallum elements. In the Polybian camp, the vallum is described as a linear mound of earth and turf surmounted by a palisade of wooden stakes. Hyginus says that it should be built of earth, turf or stone, eight Roman feet wide and six feet high. The method of construction varied greatly, depending on the size of the unit, the local military situation, and most importantly, the locally available resources. In temporary marching camps the rampart would be simply constructed using the Polybian method, whereas the ramparts of auxiliary forts, campaign forts and legionary fortresses were built using an astonishing variety of methods. Many auxiliary forts were built using the 'turf and earth' method, where the turves cut from the areas above the fossae were stacked up into two rows, with the space between being filled with the outcast from the ditches; on top of this basic agger foundation, the defensive structures forming the vallum were then added. The various methods of rampart construction are discussed in the Roman Military Introduction. ² defensive system The Antonine Itinerary uses the word vallum to denote the massive frontier defences of Hadrian's Wall across the north of England; in this context the word should more properly be translated as 'fortifications' or 'defensive system'. Hadrian's frontier system consisted of several component, one part of which is nowadays known as 'The Vallum'. This massive structure was built behind the line of the Wall, and followed along its course for almost its entire length; the function it served is unknown.
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   Vallum
   Val'lum noun ; plural Latin Valla , English Vallums . [ Latin See Wall .] (Rom. Antiq.) A rampart; a wall, as in a fortification.
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   vallum
   1. Any raised, more or less circular ridge. ... 2. The slightly raised outer wall of the circular depression, or fossa, surrounding a vallate papilla of the tongue. ... Origin: L. A rampart, fr. Vallus, a stake ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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   Vallum
   A `vallum` was a type of palisade, used as part of the Roman defensive fortification system. It was usually made out of earth, sometimes enforced with wood and stone, and also had a deep moat (`fossa`). It is derived from vallus (a stake), and properly means the palisade which ran along the outer edge of the top of the agger, but it very frequently includes the agger also. The vallum, in the latter sense, together with the fossa or ditch which s...
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    Vallum
    • (n.) A rampart; a wall, as in a fortification.
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