Castellum
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A castellum[1] in Latin is usually:
- a small Roman fortlet or tower,[2] a diminutive of Script error: No such module "Lang". ('military camp'), often used as a watchtower or signal station like on Hadrian's Wall. It is distinct from a Script error: No such module "Lang"., which is a later Latin term that was used particularly in the Germanic provinces.
- a distribution, header, and settling tank for municipal water in a Roman aqueduct (known as a castellum aquae/castellum divisorium).
It is the source of the English word "castle".
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