Vallum

They made sure o 'their conquest, an' then built their wall, sae that the popular theory that the vallum was a protection against the south is a 'stuff an' nonsense. ' ❋ Howard Pease (N/A)

The mounds and vallum were sort of to indicate the military zone, a sort of 'no-go' area for civilians. ❋ Lili (2009)

Haec ciuitas sita est in aquis quæ semper stant, et nec fluunt, nec refluunt, vallum tamen habet propter ventum sicut ciuitas Venetiarum. ❋ Unknown (2004)

From the edge of its commanding vallum Cromwell took the observations for his successful assault on Basing House. ❋ Edric Holmes (N/A)

At present the most interesting part of the great mound is the actual fosse and vallum. ❋ Edric Holmes (N/A)

Before these could close up all the passes, by a vallum being thrown up on all sides, five horsemen being despatched between the enemies 'posts, brought the account to Rome, that the consul and his army were besieged. ❋ Titus Livius (N/A)

Crown, and was bestowed upon the soldier who was the first to mount the enemy's rampart (_vallum_). ❋ Various (N/A)

The first and second vallum can be traced with their ditches, and there was doubtless an inner wall. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

At Jugurtha munimento castrorum impeditus, quum alii super vallum praecipitarentur, alii in angustiis ipsi sibi properantes officerent, multis amissis in loca munita sese recepit. ❋ 86 BC-34? BC Sallust (N/A)

When the barrow was of earth, this was effected by an encircling trench or a low _vallum_. ❋ Various (N/A)

William feigned a retreat, and the English crossed their vallum in pursuit. ❋ E.V. Lucas (N/A)

The meaning of the _vallum_ is much more doubtful. ❋ Various (N/A)

In later times the mound itself was frequently dispensed with, and the interments made within the enclosure of a trench, a _vallum_ or a circle of standing stones. ❋ Various (N/A)

Tregonning Hill, close by, is somewhat higher, and its summit has a fine entrenchment with a striking inner vallum. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

Hence after supper he proceeded to demonstrate to his host that all the theorists were wrong; that he had walked along the line of the wall and satisfied himself that wall and vallum were not contemporaneous, and that if Hadrian had made any use of the vallum -- an early dyke or _limes_ -- it was merely for the screening of his troops whilst the wall was building. ❋ Howard Pease (N/A)

The _vallum_ surrounding each enclosure is still of formidable height, and in camp A is double with a double fosse of considerable depth. ❋ Gordon Home (1923)

No doubt the _vallum_ on the seaward side has been worn down very considerably, and the _fosse_ would have been deeper, making in its youth, a barrier which must have given the dwellers on the headland a very complete security. ❋ Gordon Home (1923)

From this fact General Pitt Rivers concluded that within the stockade running along the top of the _vallum_ the defenders were in the habit of chipping their weapons, the flakes falling on the inside. ❋ Gordon Home (1923)

One can trace the limits of the place by the indications of the vallum and fosse. ❋ Gordon Home (1923)