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A Legionary Fortress A Roman legion was much more than a collection of fighting men. The Roman people were great builders and engineers. A lot of this building was done by the army. Some building was for defence, like camps and forts, some for defence and usefulness, like roads and canals, some for the good of everyone, like aqueducts. Every legion did so much building that it always had skilled engineers with it wherever it went. But every ordinary soldier was expected to know something about building operations. Camps and forts were built most often. Every time an army on the march stopped for the night it built a camp. These camps were always constructed in the same way by every legion in all parts of the empire. If a legion expected to stay in one place for some time it built a fort. Other forts were built at key...

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