castrum

Summary

castrum ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,005 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• castrum is in the country of Ancient Rome^[2].
• castrum is a type of Roman military frontiers and fortifications^[3].
• castrum is a type of military camp^[4].
• castrum is a type of ancient monument^[5].
• castrum is a type of ancient Roman structure^[6].
• castrum's Commons category is recorded as Castra^[7].
• castrum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Castra^[8].
• castrum's Commons gallery is recorded as Castra^[9].
• castrum's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as castle_type=castrum^[10].
• castrum's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• castrum's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• castrum's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia^[13].
• castrum's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[14].
• castrum's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[15].
• castrum's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'castrum'}^[16].
• castrum's different from is recorded as hillfort^[17].
• castrum's properties for this type is recorded as P1936^[18].
• castrum's properties for this type is recorded as P131^[19].
• castrum's properties for this type is recorded as P3842^[20].
• castrum's properties for this type is recorded as P706^[21].
• castrum's properties for this type is recorded as P625^[22].
• castrum's properties for this type is recorded as P1481^[23].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include Roman military frontiers and fortifications^[3], military camp^[4], ancient monument^[5], and ancient Roman structure^[6].

Influence

Things named for castrum include Chastre^[24], a municipality of Belgium^[25], in Belgium^[26] and Kaster^[27], a municipality section^[28], in Belgium^[29].

Why It Matters

castrum ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,005 views/month).^[1] castrum has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] castrum is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for castrum include Chastre^[24], a municipality of Belgium^[25], in Belgium^[26] and Kaster^[27], a municipality section^[28], in Belgium^[29].