05-08-2008, 03:22 AM
Well. of course i have not seen the groundplan of the Horreae.
I was looking at the sketch which was posted. I know Horreae have their own specific ground plan and also am well aware that not every fort has the standard layout.
You are correct about the image i posted it is indeed Flavian.
About the 480 soldiers, here in the Netherlands we have had numerous outposts, and also a massive Castrum in which a Legion was based at full strenth. However you can never say the Legion was constantly at full strength since detachments of it were of course often on other duties elswhere, or sometimes a Legion was not fully manned.
In the case of the fort you describe it is highly likely that in times of need it could have entailed 480 men. Not so imho during "peacetime"
anyway its a pity not more can be excavated.
still, to assume that because one building has a hypocaust installed it immediately would be an officers house might not be the right answer.
more information is needed.
Romans also used Hypocausts to protect their Archives from rotting away.
M.VIB.M.
Your fort might have looked something like this
(the Utrecht Castellum)
![[Image: vechtencastellumtek1888.jpg]](http://www.romanaqueducts.info/aquasite/foto/vechtencastellumtek1888.jpg)
I was looking at the sketch which was posted. I know Horreae have their own specific ground plan and also am well aware that not every fort has the standard layout.
You are correct about the image i posted it is indeed Flavian.
About the 480 soldiers, here in the Netherlands we have had numerous outposts, and also a massive Castrum in which a Legion was based at full strenth. However you can never say the Legion was constantly at full strength since detachments of it were of course often on other duties elswhere, or sometimes a Legion was not fully manned.
In the case of the fort you describe it is highly likely that in times of need it could have entailed 480 men. Not so imho during "peacetime"
anyway its a pity not more can be excavated.
still, to assume that because one building has a hypocaust installed it immediately would be an officers house might not be the right answer.
more information is needed.
Romans also used Hypocausts to protect their Archives from rotting away.
M.VIB.M.
Your fort might have looked something like this
(the Utrecht Castellum)
Bushido wa watashi no shuukyou de gozaru.
Katte Kabuto no O wo shimeyo!
H.J.Vrielink.
Katte Kabuto no O wo shimeyo!
H.J.Vrielink.
