School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . -waggons, appear to have beencomprehended under the term carri, orcarra, which is the Celtic name with aLatin termination. The Gauls took a greatmultitude of them on their military expe-ditions, and when they were encamped,arranged them in close order, so as to formextensive lines of circumvallation. CARRUCA, a carriage, the name ofwhich only occurs under the emperors. Itappears to have been a species of rheda[Rheda], had four wheels, and was used intravelling. CARRUS. [Carpentum.] CARYATIDES. Caryae was a cityin Arcadia, near the Laconian bor
School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . -waggons, appear to have beencomprehended under the term carri, orcarra, which is the Celtic name with aLatin termination. The Gauls took a greatmultitude of them on their military expe-ditions, and when they were encamped,arranged them in close order, so as to formextensive lines of circumvallation. CARRUCA, a carriage, the name ofwhich only occurs under the emperors. Itappears to have been a species of rheda[Rheda], had four wheels, and was used intravelling. CARRUS. [Carpentum.] CARYATIDES. Caryae was a cityin Arcadia, near the Laconian border, theinhabitants of which joined the Persiansafter the battle of Thermopylae. On thedefeat of the Persians the allied Greeksdestroyed the town, slew the men, and ledthe women into captivity; and Praxitelesand other Athenian artists employed femalefigures, representing CarT/atidae, or womenof Caryae, instead of columns in architec-ture. This account is illustrated by a bas-relief with a Greek inscription, mentioningthe conquest of the C- RTAU^ia. 76 CASTRA. CASSIS. [Galea.] CASTELLUM AQUAE. [AquaeDuctus.] CASTRA, a camp. The system of en-campment among the Romans was one ofsingular regularity and order, and has beenclearly described by Polybius, the friendand companion of Scipio Africanus, theyounger. From his description the annexedplan has been drawn up. A, praetorium. — B, tents of the tri-bunes. — C, tents of the praefecti sociorum.— D, street 100 feet wide. — E, F, G, andH, streets 50 feet wide. — L, select foot CASTRA. and volunteers. — K, select horse and vo-lunteers. — M, extraordinary horse of theallies. — N, extraordinary foot of the allies. — O, reserved for occasional auxiliaries. —Q, the street called Quintana, 50 feet wide. — V. P, via principalis, 100 feet duty of selecting a proper situation for the camp (^castra metarP) devolved uponone of the tribunes and a number of cen-turions who were specially appointed forthat p
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