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title: Plan of a  Typical Roman Fort
author: Mediatus
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# Plan of a  Typical Roman Fort

_Authored by Mediatus_

## Image File

[![Plan of a  Typical Roman Fort](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/5989.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/5989.png)

## Image Caption

A plan of the layout of a typical [Roman fort](https://www.worldhistory.org/Roman_Fort/). Buildings included barracks, accommodation for the commanding officer (praetorium), granaries (horrea), workshops (fabricae), a hospital (valetudinarium), a cistern, and in the case of larger forts, a number of shops (tabernae) or a market (marcellum) and [Roman baths](https://www.worldhistory.org/Roman_Baths/). Thr large central building is the principia where assemblies were held, the legion's standards were kept, as well as an arsenal and offices. (Iciniacum, Germany)

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## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kastell_Theilenhofen_Iciniacum_(English).png) by [**Mediatus**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kastell_Theilenhofen_Iciniacum_(English).png). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 31 October 2016. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.