Pax Romana Art

Castra, the Roman Marching Camp

The Roman Army · 1st–2nd century AD

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Framed print

  • 12-color fine art printing with fade-resistant pigment inks
  • Smooth matte fine art paper, 200 gsm
  • Pine wood frame, FSC-certified paper and wood
  • Shatterproof plexiglass
  • Arrives framed and ready to hang, hanging kit included

Hanging print

  • 12-color fine art printing with fade-resistant pigment inks
  • Smooth matte fine art paper, 200 gsm
  • Pine wood frame, FSC-certified paper and wood
  • Shatterproof plexiglass
  • Arrives framed and ready to hang, hanging kit included
  • Sizes: 12x18″ · 16x24″ · 24x36″
  • Orientation: Vertical
  • Medium: Fine art paper
  • Style: Military plate
  • Era: Principate
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Castra, the Roman Marching Camp: an illustration of a blueprint-style plan of a Roman marching camp: gates, crossing streets, the praetorium and rows of tents
Castra, the Roman Marching Campc. AD 100
The Roman Army · 1st–2nd century AD

A City Built Every Evening

A Roman army on campaign ended each day by fortifying a camp, castra in Latin. Surveyors went ahead to mark out the site. The soldiers dug a ditch, threw the earth up into a rampart topped with stakes, and pitched their tents inside to a fixed plan. Polybius described the camp of his own day in Book VI of his Histories, and the Jewish historian Josephus, who saw the legions in Judaea, compared a camp to a city raised in a moment.

This plate follows a later Latin treatise, On the Fortification of Camps (De munitionibus castrorum), usually dated to the first or second century AD. Its author is unknown, though it has long been linked with the name Hyginus. It names the parts shown here: the porta praetoria facing the enemy and the porta decumana at the rear, the left and right gates at the ends of the via principalis, the via quintana behind the headquarters, and the two halves of the camp, the praetentura in front and the retentura behind.

The piece

The plan is drawn in white line on blueprint blue, framed by a rounded rampart. The eye goes first to the praetorium in the middle, then out along the streets to the four gates. Hundreds of small tent squares fill the blocks, a picture of order on a scale that is easy to forget.

Materia · The materials

Fine art paper, framed or hung.

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Pine frame

Black, dark wood or natural wood, FSC-certified. Framed prints arrive framed and ready to hang, hanging kit included.

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Fine art paper

Framed prints: 200 gsm smooth matte paper, printed in 12 colors with fade-resistant pigment inks.

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Shatterproof plexiglass

Protects the print in transit and on the wall.

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Magnetic wooden hanger

Posters: 250 gsm museum-quality matte paper between pine hangers in black or dark wood. The magnets hold the print, so you can swap it any time.

Size guide

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This piece, to scale, above an 84-inch sofa. Pick a size, or a format and frame above, and the wall follows.

Castra, the Roman Marching Camp: an illustration of a blueprint-style plan of a Roman marching camp: gates, crossing streets, the praetorium and rows of tents
Sofa · 84″ / 213 cm

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Above a sofa or bed, art looks best at about two-thirds of the furniture's width, hung 8 to 10 inches above it.