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The forts were like a smal town. They had a wide main street, which ran north-south, the via principalis. The homes or tents of the tribunes (company officers) were alongside this road. Behind them there were the barracks of their soldiers. The via principalis was intersected at a right angles by the via Praetoria, which divided the fort into four quarters. It was by the praetorium, the headquarters building which housed the praetor (commander) and his staff. Next to it there was the quaestorium, the building of the quaestor, the supply officer. The forts also had other roads and a forum similar to that of towns at the other end. Locals were allowed to the forum to sell their goods. At the centre of the fort there was a central square, the principia.
The forts also had sewers, private and "public" toilets, a bathhouse, workshops for metalwork and woodwork, a hospital, storehouses for grain and storehouse for meat, facilities for firemen, sheds for heavy weapons, altars for worship and a tribunal for court marshals. The bigger forts were supplied with water by an aqueduct.
Many forts were by rivers and had fortified riverine naval bases with a polygonal wall with watchtowers and a ditch on one side and docks, boat sheds and the quarters of naval personnel, which had better facilities than that of the forts.
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∙ 11y agoRoman forts were rectangular and were surrounded by a wide ditch. There was a stockade (a fence made of timber posts) around the ditch. A rampant was made with the earth from the ditch and stones. There were watchtowers up to 9 metres (30 feet) high. Wooden structures served as the headquarters of the commanders, workshops, stables, storage, a hospital and a prison. The soldiers sometimes slept in tents and sometimes in barracks. Two main streets formed a cross in the fort. There were four stone gates providing entrances on each side. Some wooden forts were later replaced with stone buildings. Concrete was sometimes used. Over time, prefabricated materials for the construction of the forts and the stockades were developed, with timbers cut to specific sizes and with pre-cut grooves. This made the construction of forts faster. Roman forts also had a fire brigade. The biggest forts had 800 soldiers.
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∙ 13y agoLike all forts, they were used to defend their territory throughout the Roman Empire.
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not a villa
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in space
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II
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M.k
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