Castrum is an English word. Below you'll find 8 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Castrum in a sentence
Castrum meaning
Among the Ancient Romans, a building or plot of land used as a military defensive position.
Using Castrum
- The main meaning on this page is: Among the Ancient Romans, a building or plot of land used as a military defensive position.
- In the example corpus, castrum often appears in combinations such as: at castrum.
Context around Castrum
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 6 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Castrum
- In this selection, "castrum" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, former, novum, word, moguntiacum, meaning and caneto stand out and add context to how "castrum" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include abbey at castrum caneto and army at castrum moguntiacum citation. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "castrum" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with castrum
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The former chapel of St. Stephen inside the castrum was built on the foundation of an earlier, late-Roman building. (20 words)
The word castle is derived from the Latin word castellum, which is a diminutive of the word castrum, meaning "fortified place". (21 words)
Towards the year 1000 there was already a proconsul Béranger with his wife Gilberte who are known to have founded an abbey at "Castrum Caneto". (25 words)
The first legal reference of football in Ireland was in 1308, when John McCrocan, a spectator at a football game at Novum Castrum de Leuan (the New Castle of the Lyons or Newcastle) was charged with accidentally stabbing a player named William Bernard. (43 words)
In the first half of the 13th Century, a city wall was built around the area of the former castrum as well as the adjoining industrial area to the east and the churches of St. Peter and St. Urs. (39 words)
The other two legions in the winter-quarters of the army at castrum Moguntiacum citation were led by Varus' nephew, Lucius Nonius Asprenas and perhaps Lucius Arruntius. (27 words)
Example sentences (8)
Around 325-350, the unfortified settlement along the road was transformed into a fortified camp or castrum, which covered only half of the former settlement area.
In the first half of the 13th Century, a city wall was built around the area of the former castrum as well as the adjoining industrial area to the east and the churches of St. Peter and St. Urs.
The first legal reference of football in Ireland was in 1308, when John McCrocan, a spectator at a football game at Novum Castrum de Leuan (the New Castle of the Lyons or Newcastle) was charged with accidentally stabbing a player named William Bernard.
The former chapel of St. Stephen inside the castrum was built on the foundation of an earlier, late-Roman building.
The other two legions in the winter-quarters of the army at castrum Moguntiacum citation were led by Varus' nephew, Lucius Nonius Asprenas and perhaps Lucius Arruntius.
The word castle is derived from the Latin word castellum, which is a diminutive of the word castrum, meaning "fortified place".
Throughout the changes of time, the Roman castrum never seems to have been permanently abandoned as a military installation, which is a testimony to Roman military judgement.
Towards the year 1000 there was already a proconsul Béranger with his wife Gilberte who are known to have founded an abbey at "Castrum Caneto".
Common combinations with castrum
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- at castrum 2×