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A military camp or bivouac is a semi-permanent facility for the lodging of an army
Army

An army , in the broadest sense, is the land-based armed forces of a nation. It may also include other branches of the military such as an air force....
. Camps are erected when a military force travels away from a major installation or fort during training
Training

The term training refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and Competence as a result of the teaching of vocational education or practical skills and knowledge that relate to specific useful competencies....
 or operations, and often have the form of large campsite
Campsite

A campsite is a Location used for overnight stay in the out of doors. The term 'campsite' usually means an area where an individual, family, group or military unit might camp....
s. In the Roman
Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
 era the military camp had highly stylized parameters and served an entire legion
Roman legion

The Roman Legion is a term that can apply both as a translation of legio to the entire Roman army and also, more narrowly , to the heavy infantry that was the basic military unit of the Roman army in the period of the late Roman Republic and the Roman Empire....
. Archaeological investigations have revealed many details of these Roman camps at sites such as Vindolanda
Vindolanda

Vindolanda was a Roman Empire auxiliaries fort located at Chesterholm, just south of Hadrian's Wall in northern England, near the modern border with Scotland; it guarded the Stanegate, the Roman road from the River Tyne, England to the Solway Firth....
 (England
England

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) and Raedykes
Raedykes

Raedykes Roman Camp is located at National Grid Reference NO 084090, approximately three miles north of Fetteresso Castle and two miles southwest of Muchalls Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland....
 (Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
).








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A military camp or bivouac is a semi-permanent facility for the lodging of an army
Army

An army , in the broadest sense, is the land-based armed forces of a nation. It may also include other branches of the military such as an air force....
. Camps are erected when a military force travels away from a major installation or fort during training
Training

The term training refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and Competence as a result of the teaching of vocational education or practical skills and knowledge that relate to specific useful competencies....
 or operations, and often have the form of large campsite
Campsite

A campsite is a Location used for overnight stay in the out of doors. The term 'campsite' usually means an area where an individual, family, group or military unit might camp....
s. In the Roman
Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
 era the military camp had highly stylized parameters and served an entire legion
Roman legion

The Roman Legion is a term that can apply both as a translation of legio to the entire Roman army and also, more narrowly , to the heavy infantry that was the basic military unit of the Roman army in the period of the late Roman Republic and the Roman Empire....
. Archaeological investigations have revealed many details of these Roman camps at sites such as Vindolanda
Vindolanda

Vindolanda was a Roman Empire auxiliaries fort located at Chesterholm, just south of Hadrian's Wall in northern England, near the modern border with Scotland; it guarded the Stanegate, the Roman road from the River Tyne, England to the Solway Firth....
 (England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
) and Raedykes
Raedykes

Raedykes Roman Camp is located at National Grid Reference NO 084090, approximately three miles north of Fetteresso Castle and two miles southwest of Muchalls Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland....
 (Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
).

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on the North Wales
North Wales

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 coast, 1911.]]
  • Cantonment
    Cantonment

    A cantonment is a temporary or semi-permanent military quarters. The word cantonment is derived from the French language word :fr:canton meaning corner or district....
  • Castra
    Castra

    The Latin language word castra, with its singular castrum, was used by the ancient Romans to mean buildings or plots of land reserved to or constructed for use as a military defensive position....