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Castellum
A
castellum
in
Latin
is usually:
a small
Roman
fortlet or
tower
, a
diminutive
of
castrum
, often used as a
watchtower
or
signal station
like on
Hadrian's Wall
. It should be
distinguished
from a
burgus
, which was a later
Latin term
that was used particularly in the
Germanic
provinces
.
a
distribution
,
header
and
settling tank
in a
Roman aqueduct
or
:it:castellum aquae
.
It is
the source
of the
English
word
"castle".