Without doubt it was a fortunate choice of the Romans when they set their Castrum Crassense on this verdure-crowned height.
There is here a picturesque fort called Alicastre, derived from Castrum Ali, a souvenir, it is said, of a Saracen chief who once entrenched himself here.
Do not come near to me," she whispered, and turned away her head.
And her beautiful, terrified eyes searched the room.
You have been longer than long enough," he growled at them, "Ere now I would have caught her six times over.
Nowhere do I remember to have seen so many appeals and warnings against blasphemy and desecration as are displayed in the church of Paray.
Throughout all the middle ages its convenient position between the Castrum and the Marchaux rendered it a kind of forum, or general public meeting place, and the site of the great fêtes and fairs.
As at Pevensey and Porchester, a Norman castle was ingeniously constructed within this castrum by placing the mound towards the north-western corner.
The theory formerly propounded that the castrum had no eastern wall has been disproved by the careful examinations of Mr. G.
The existence of remains of the Roman castrum at Porchester, situated on the upper waters of Portsmouth Harbour, goes to show that in those early times the value of this part of the coast as a great harbour was recognized.
The Roman castrum here, with its very interesting masonry, has been described in the earlier part of this volume.
An interesting and important Norman castle[22] was built partly without and partly within the southern angle of the Roman castrum which was built here long before.
The north wall of thecastrum at Richborough is a remarkably perfect and interesting specimen of Roman masonry.
It is certain that the castrum of Rutupiae as also those of Regulbium and Portus Lemanis, in spite of the doubt which has been expressed in each instance, had four walls.
The Roman castrum of Pevensey (still so striking in its remains) was an inhabited town at the date of the Norman Conquest, and was an important port.
Henry of Huntingdon probably meant a town when he says that Edward the Elder built at Hertford "castrum non immensum sed pulcherrimum.
The area of the Roman Castrum was about 8-1/4 acres, and evidently the Normans found this too large, as they divided it by a cross wall, which reduces the inner fort to about 2 acres.
The reason mentioned by Vibullius is trivial, namely that you were delayed on hearing that Caesar had left Firmum and arrived at Castrum Truentinum.
O'Neil also refers to "the great idol orcastrum of Kilair .
The legend states that "the castrum of Kilair and the stones around it were transported by Merlin to Stonehenge and 'set up in the same order.
The Visigoths converted it into a fortress, the Castrum Arenarum, occupied by the Saracens at the beginning of the 8th cent.
It however appears to have been but of small size, and was probably only a castrum exploratorum, or look-out station, garrisoned by a small body of soldiers detached from a neighbouring camp.
From the castrum romanum of the emperors to the feudal conquest Chinon played its due part in the history of Touraine.
The Chateau du Milieu is built upon the ruins of the castrum romanum, vestiges of which are yet visible.
The Pictish maidens of the blood-royal were kept in Edinburgh Castle, thence called Castrum Puellarum.
Office is called Officium Virgarij comitivæ de la Garter infra Castrum Regis de Windesore; and under that Denomination was confirmed to Thomas Sye, with the Fees and Emoluments thereunto expressed.
Castrum Lucullanum from Theodoric and hands it over to Joannes, viii.
Agnellus, house of, in Castrum Lucullanum given to Joannes, viii.
Joannes, Vir Spectabilis, Referendarius, receives gift of property at Castrum Lucullanum from Tulum, confirmed by Athalaric, viii.
Everyone knows that our grandfather wished to give you the house of Agnellus in the Castrum Lucullanum, but could not do so having already given it to the Patrician Tulum[552].
Castrum nostrum quod Peregrinorum dicitur, see the letter of the Grand Master Matt.
But Castrum doloris was sheer delight, and it really was splendid.
These lyings in state were called by forced, unnatural names, Lit de Parade and Castrum doloris; I heard them so often that I learnt them and did not forget them.
At this time the diocese comprised the land as far as Artena (Monte Fortino) and and Rocca Priora, one of the towns in the Alban Hills, and to Castrum Novum Tiburtinum, which may well be Corcolle.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "castrum" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
