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Primitive Fortifications.
[CHAP. I.
The word, so far, might be well applied to the slip of land out-
side the chief wall, but within the finis or outer wall; this was
a necessary part of the fortification, except in special situations, as
on the top of a cliff, overhanging a river. Wherever the slope of
the cliff was gradual enough, there was a pomoerium, but it was
certainly a technical, perhaps a local, name ‘.
Livy, however, considers that originally a space was left un-
occupied both inside and outside the wall, to which the name was
applied. This became soon built over, the injunctions of the
Augurs being disregarded. The outside of the wall was not "so
desirable, especially in times of war, and so was left unoccupied,
and thus the word came to be applied to that part only. It is
quite possible that during the rapid extension of Rome, when the
outer side of the wall was built
mains shewing this to have been
altogether.
it is spelt in Aulus Gellius and Livy, or
pomerium as it is spelt in Tacitus,) ori-
ginally meant anything more than or-
chard. The apple is a favourite fruit in
Rome, the climate being very suitable
for it. This is likely, it is contended,
to have been the case in all ages, and
the original inhabitants of the Palatine
Hill, when that was the Roma Quad-
rata, would have no room for orchards
on the hill itself, whereas the strip or
terraces of land, on the slope of the
hill, were exactly suited for that pur-
pose. The great pomcerium of Rome,
of a later period, was at all times largely
occupied by fruit gardens, as it still is.
Varro himself seems elsewhere to hint
at this derivation :—
“ Hujusce inquam pomceria summa
sacra via ubi pomi veneunt contra aurea
imaginem. ” (T. Varro, de re Rustica,
c. 2.)
‘ In England it is sometimes called
the Slype, as in Oxford, or the Slopes,
against (and there are many re-
the case), the word became lost
as at Windsor, sometimes the Lists ;
in France the Lices.
“ The name of lists (lices) was given
to an external wall or palisade of wood,
formed beyond the walls, which formed
a kind of covered-way; the lists were
almost always protected by a shallow
moat, and sometimes there was a second
ditch between them and the town walls.
By an extension of the term, the name
of lists was given to the space comprised
between the palisades and the town
walls, and even to the external enceintes,
when, at a later period, they were built
of masonry and flanked by towers. The
palisades which surrounded a camp were
also called lists:—‘ Liciae, castrorum
aut urbium repagula. ’ Epist. anonymi
de capta urbe CP., ann. 1204, apud
Marten., vol. i. Anecd., coll. 786 :
‘ Exercitum nostrum grossis palis cir-
cumcinximus et liciis. (Military Ar-
chitecture, by Viollet-le-Duc, p. 39,
8vo. Oxford, i860.)
Primitive Fortifications.
[CHAP. I.
The word, so far, might be well applied to the slip of land out-
side the chief wall, but within the finis or outer wall; this was
a necessary part of the fortification, except in special situations, as
on the top of a cliff, overhanging a river. Wherever the slope of
the cliff was gradual enough, there was a pomoerium, but it was
certainly a technical, perhaps a local, name ‘.
Livy, however, considers that originally a space was left un-
occupied both inside and outside the wall, to which the name was
applied. This became soon built over, the injunctions of the
Augurs being disregarded. The outside of the wall was not "so
desirable, especially in times of war, and so was left unoccupied,
and thus the word came to be applied to that part only. It is
quite possible that during the rapid extension of Rome, when the
outer side of the wall was built
mains shewing this to have been
altogether.
it is spelt in Aulus Gellius and Livy, or
pomerium as it is spelt in Tacitus,) ori-
ginally meant anything more than or-
chard. The apple is a favourite fruit in
Rome, the climate being very suitable
for it. This is likely, it is contended,
to have been the case in all ages, and
the original inhabitants of the Palatine
Hill, when that was the Roma Quad-
rata, would have no room for orchards
on the hill itself, whereas the strip or
terraces of land, on the slope of the
hill, were exactly suited for that pur-
pose. The great pomcerium of Rome,
of a later period, was at all times largely
occupied by fruit gardens, as it still is.
Varro himself seems elsewhere to hint
at this derivation :—
“ Hujusce inquam pomceria summa
sacra via ubi pomi veneunt contra aurea
imaginem. ” (T. Varro, de re Rustica,
c. 2.)
‘ In England it is sometimes called
the Slype, as in Oxford, or the Slopes,
against (and there are many re-
the case), the word became lost
as at Windsor, sometimes the Lists ;
in France the Lices.
“ The name of lists (lices) was given
to an external wall or palisade of wood,
formed beyond the walls, which formed
a kind of covered-way; the lists were
almost always protected by a shallow
moat, and sometimes there was a second
ditch between them and the town walls.
By an extension of the term, the name
of lists was given to the space comprised
between the palisades and the town
walls, and even to the external enceintes,
when, at a later period, they were built
of masonry and flanked by towers. The
palisades which surrounded a camp were
also called lists:—‘ Liciae, castrorum
aut urbium repagula. ’ Epist. anonymi
de capta urbe CP., ann. 1204, apud
Marten., vol. i. Anecd., coll. 786 :
‘ Exercitum nostrum grossis palis cir-
cumcinximus et liciis. (Military Ar-
chitecture, by Viollet-le-Duc, p. 39,
8vo. Oxford, i860.)