Castra

A bunch of tents in neat rows with a square trench and wall of sharpened tree trunks. Soldiers stand guard at the gates.

Mīlitēs castra faciunt cotīdiē. Castra mīlitēs prōtegunt. Mūrus circum castra est. Mīlitēs in castrīs dormiunt. Mīlitēs in tentōriīs dormiunt. Mīlitēs stant prope portās et castra custōdiunt.

The architect laying out the rows of tents using an groma, a wooden cross-shaped tool with strings and weights coming off of it. The kitten is batting at one of the strings.

Architectī castra faciunt. Architectī grōmā* utuntur. Grōmae līneās rēctās faciunt in terrā.

*this is the tool he is using in the picture. It is called a "groma" in English too.

Castra sunt in formā quadrae. Castra quattuor portās habent. Castra multa tentōria habent. Octō mīlitēs in ūnō tentōriō habitant. Nocte, duō mīlitēs prope portās castra custōdiunt et sex mīlitēs in tentōriō dormiunt.

The map of an eight-man tent showing only 6 bedrolls because the other 2 soldiers are on guard duty. Soldiers are paired up for warmth.

A map of the square-shaped camp with the wall and trench around it and tents in neat lines.

sarcinae= baggage

The carved stakes that would be placed in the ground to form the wall and a cross-section of the trench and wall showing stakes in the bottom of the trench as well.

Mūrī circum castra factī sunt* sudibus et terrā.

*are made of

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