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The Liber de munitionibus castrorum is an anonymous Latin text, usually attributed to an author named Hyginus. It describes how to lay out a temporary camp for a Roman army on campaign, comprising three legions and associated troops of various types.
The Liber de munitionibus castrorum is our main source for many aspects of Roman military studies, as it includes descriptions of not only the major military unit types, but also the different methods of fortification.
Only a single copy of the work survives, preserved in a sixth-century manuscript, and the Latin text is in poor condition requiring major emendation. Although German, French, and Italian editions have appeared at various times throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this is the first English-language edition, in which a new Latin text is presented alongside a facing-page translation. An apparatus criticus indicates the source of all emendations utilized in the new text, and the volume is rounded off with a full bilingual index.
Praise for Fortifying a Roman Camp
Campbell’s new edition, comprising the definitive version of the Latin text (with apparatus criticus) and facing English translation (rendering previous translations obsolete), makes this gold mine of information available to all students of the Roman army. -- Dr. R. Cowan, author of For The Glory of Rome
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