NotTitusPullo Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 Whenever a Legion is on campaign it builds an enclosed camp every night. Once the Legion is finished with the fortification, if it marches on to another location, what happens to the fort? Does it get pulled down? What prevents the locals from moving in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 It is dismantled each morning. Much of the construction materials are a part of the legionaries 'kit' and carried along by them to each camp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 I suspect GO had these items in mind.. http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?act=mo...=si&img=958 I was tempted to say all the locals would be dead . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotTitusPullo Posted August 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 I was tempted to say all the locals would be dead . Well said! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antiochus of Seleucia Posted August 22, 2006 Report Share Posted August 22, 2006 Marius' mules would take the fort with them! As there are a thousand or so men I shouldn't have taken them too long, just a few hours perhaps? I was tempted to say all the locals would be dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldrail Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 Each soldier in marching order was carrying two stakes to erect the palisade around the camp. These would definitely be pulled up for the march afterward unless suitable timber was in abundant supply and the originals were not in good condition. Mind you, carrying two of those rain-soaked stakes on top of sixty pounds of gear was not going to be fun! Using stakes in this manner required preparedness and in some circumstances the legion would have to build a fort with whatever they found in the area. Roman engineers were keen to find sites that allowed this. These of course were marching forts, a temporary place for the romans to camp with reasonable safety. Permanent forts were built in a far more solid fashion (obviously) and were simply abandoned if no longer required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antiochus of Seleucia Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 Brand, C.E. "Roman Military Law." C1966 UTexas Printing Div. Austin TX Great section on forts, their layout and construction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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