Smith, William: A smaller dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities (London, 1871)

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CASTRA.

points were marked by white poles, .some of
which bore flairs of various colours, so that
the different battalions on reaching the ground
could at once discover the place assigned to
them. The white flag A, which served as the
starting point of the whole construction,
marked the position of the consul's tent, or
praetorium, so called because praetor was the
ancient term for any one invested with supreme
command. A square area was left open, ex-
tending a hundred feet each way from the
praetorium. The camp was divided into two

parts, the upper and the lower. The upper
part formed about a third of the whole. In
it was the praetorium (A) or general's tent.
A part of the praetorium was called the
Aui/urale, as the auguries were there taken
by the general. On the right and left of the
praetorium were the forum and quaestorium ;
the former a sort of market-place, the latter
appropriated to the quaestor and the camp
stores under his superintendence. On the
sides of and facing the forum and quaesto-
rium, were stationed select bodies of horse

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