castellum 的定义
plural cas·tel·li [ka-stel-ahy]. /kæˈstɛl aɪ/. Archaeology.
- a small isolated fortress, or one of a series of such fortresses, of the ancient Romans.
更多castellum例句
- On a jutting crag of rock, in plain view from the town below, is an ancient Roman castellum.
- Every castle that they took was burned and destroyed, like Sir Ingelric's castellum at Speen.
- In the north-east s before t is still retained—Walloon chestai (chteau, castellum), fiess (fte).
- Arrayed in the closest order, they presented to an advancing enemy the aspect of a living rampart ('quasi castellum').
- Had he not stumbled at the outset over that 'quasi castellum', he might never have erected that 'ingenious but baseless fabric'.