Any place occupied by troops

praesĭdĭum, ii, n. [praeses].

Lit., a presiding over; hence, defence, protection, help, aid, assistance; esp. of soldiers who are to serve as a guard, garrison, escort, or convoy:

proficisci praesidio suis,

Nep. Ages. 3:

praesidio esse alicui,

id. ib. 7: Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

hanc sibi rem praesidio sperant futuram,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 65, § 167:

tectus praesidio firmo amicorum,

id. Sull. 18, 51:

absque me foret et meo praesidio, etc.,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 61:

ut meae stultitiae in justitiā tuā sit aliquid praesidii,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 33:

in tutelā ac praesidio bellicae virtutis,

Cic. Mur. 10, 22:

Veneris praesidio ferox,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 13.—Esp. of soldiers acting as a guard, convoy, escort:

legiones, quae praesidio impedimentis erant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 19:

regale,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 30.—

Transf.

That which aids, defends, or protects, defence, assistance, protection:

ad hoc ipsum judicium cum praesidio venit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 13:

armatorum,

id. Phil. 2, 44, 112; cf.:

O et praesidium,

protector, Hor. C. 1, 1, 2:

quantum praesidium perdis,

Verg. A. 11, 58.—

In partic., in milit. lang., those who by their presence protect a place, a camp, or a supply of arms or provisions, a guard, garrison, convoy, escort, troops, soldiers, etc.:

praesidium est dictum, quia extra castra praesidebant loco aliquo, quo tutior regio esset,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 90 Müll.:

occupatoque oppido, ibi praesidium collocat,

garrison, Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

(turres) praesidiis firmare,

with a garrison, with troops, Sall. J. 23, 1:

quam (Italiam) praesidiis confirmaretis,

Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 16:

obsidere atque occupare,

id. ib. 2, 28, 75:

ex oppido educere,

Caes. B. C. 1, 13:

dimittere,

Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 3:

oppido imponere,

Liv. 24, 7:

praesidium dedit, ut eo tuto perveniret,

an escort, Nep. Ep. 4, 5:

praesidium ex arce expellere,

a garrison, id. ib. 10, 3:

praesidium ex regionibus depellere,

id. Paus. 2, 1:

praesidia interficere,

troops, id. Milt. 4, 1:

praesidia custodiasque disponere,

posts, pickets, Caes. B. G. 7, 55:

Italia tota armis praesidiisque tenetur,

troops, Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1:

praesidia deducere,

Caes. B. G. 2, 33:

galeatum ponit ubique Praesidium,

Juv. 8, 239.—

Any place occupied by troops, as a hill, a camp, etc.; a post, station, intrenchment, fortification, camp:

qui propter metum praesidium relinquit,

leaves his post, Cic. Tusc. 3, 8, 17:

praesidio decedere,

Liv. 4, 29:

procul in praesidio esse,

Nep. Timol. 1, 4:

praesidium occupare et munire,

Caes. B. C. 3, 45:

cohortes ex proximis praesidiis deductae,

id. B. G. 7, 87:

milites in praesidiis disponere,

id. ib. 7, 34:

in praesidiis esse,

in the camp, with the army, Cic. Lig. 9, 28:

in adversariorum praesidiis,

id. Rosc. Am. 43, 126:

posito castello super vestigia paterni praesidii,

fort, Tac. A. 1, 56:

obsidium coepit per praesidia,

redoubts, id. ib. 4, 49.— Trop.:

de praesidio et statione vitae decedere,

Cic. Sen. 26, 73.—

In gen., aid, help, assistance of any kind, Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 45:

quod satis esset praesidii, dedit,

every thing needful for his support and safety, Nep. Them. 8, 5:

quaerere sibi praesidia periculis, et adjumenta honoribus,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 24, 70:

magnum sibi praesidium ad beatam vitam comparare,

id. Tusc. 2, 1, 2:

omnibus vel naturae, vel doctrinae praesidiis ad dicendum parati,

id. de Or. 1, 9, 38:

me biremis praesidio scaphae tutum aura feret,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 62:

ad praesidium aquae calidae decurritur,

Col. 12, 50:

praesidia afferre navem factura minorem,

Juv. 12, 56.— Trop., defence, protection, help:

fortissimum praesidium pudoris,

Cic. Sull. 28, 77:

insigne maestis praesidium reis,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 13:

si qua aliunde putas rerum exspectanda tuarum, Praesidia,

Juv. 7, 23.—

In partic., a remedy against diseases:

aurium morbis praesidium est,

Plin. 22, 22, 44, § 90:

contra serpentes praesidio esse,

id. 28, 4, 7, § 35.

castrum, i, n. [kindred with casa, q. v.].

In sing., any fortified place; a castle, fort, fortress (more rare than castellum):

ei Grunium dederat in Phrygiā castrum, etc.,

Nep. Alcib. 9, 3; Liv. 32. 29, 4; Dig. 27, 1, 17 fin. —

Esp., nom. propr.

Castrum Altum or Album, in Hispania Tarraconensis, Liv. 24, 41, 3.—

Castrum Inui, or simply Castrum, an ancient city of the Rutuli, near Ardea, Verg. A. 6, 775;

called Castrum,

Ov. M. 15, 727; Sil. 8, 359. —

Castrum Novum, a city on the seacoast of Etruria, Liv. 36, 3, 6; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 51.—

Another Castrum Novum, on the sea-coast of Picenum, now Giulia Nova, [p. 299] Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 110; also called absol. Castrum, Vell. 1, 14, 8.—

Castrum Truentinum, a maritime city of Picenum, on the river Truentus, Cic. Att. 8, 12, B, 1;

also called Truentum,

Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 110.—

Castrum Vergium, a fortress of the Bergistani in Hispania Tarraconensis, now Berga, Liv. 34, 21, 1.—Far more freq.,

In plur.: castra, ōrum, n. ( castra, ae, f.: castra haec vestra est, Att. ap. Non. p. 200, 30; Trag. Rel. p. 238 Rib.).

Lit., several soldiers ' tents situated together; hence, a military camp, an encampment; among the Romans a square (quadrata);

later, after the manner of the Greeks, sometimes circular, or adjusted to its situation,

Veg. Mil. 1, 23. It was surrounded by a trench (fossa) and a wall (vallum), and had four gates: Porta Praetoria, the front, chief gate, on the opp. side from the enemy, from which the legions marched; opp. to this, Porta Decumana (in later times Porta Quaestoria), the back gate;

Porta Principalis Dextra, and Porta Principalis Sinistra, situated on the two sides of the camp,

Liv. 40, 27, 4 sq.; cf. Dict. of Antiq.—

Phrases.

With adj.:

stativa,

occupied for a long time, permanent, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29; Caes. B. C. 3, 30; 3, 37; Sall. J. 44, 4; Tac. A. 3, 21:

aestiva,

summer camp, id. ib. 1, 16; Suet. Claud. 1:

hiberna,

Liv. 29, 35, 13 (more freq. absol. aestiva and hiberna, q. v.):

navalia,

an encampment on the shore for protecting the fleet and the troops while landing; sometimes connected with the ships drawn to land, Caes. B. G. 5, 22 Herz.; cf. id. ib. 5, 11; Liv. 29, 35, 13;

called also nautica,

Nep. Alcib. 8, 5; id. Hann. 11, 6 (cf. id. ib. § 4; Liv. 44, 39): lunata, crescent-shaped, Auct. B. Afr. 80.—With numerals:

una,

Tac. A. 4, 2:

bina,

Cic. Phil. 12, 11, 27; Liv. 4, 27, 3:

quina,

Caes. B. C. 3, 9.—

With verb:

locum castris antecapere,

Sall. J. 50, 1; cf.:

capere locum castris,

Liv. 4, 27, 3; 9, 17, 15;

and montes castris capere,

Tac. A. 12, 55: castra metari, Cael. ap. Non. p. 137, 18; Caes. B. C. 3, 13, 3; Hirt. B. G. 8, 15 al.:

facere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48; Nep. Milt. 5, 2; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29 al.:

ponere,

Caes. B. G. 2, 5; 7, 35; Nep. Hann. 5 fin.:

ponere et munire,

Sall. J. 75, 7:

munire,

Caes. B. G. 1, 49; Liv. 44, 39, 1:

communire,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49; Liv. 23, 28, 3:

castra castris conferre,

id. 10, 32, 5; 23, 28, 9:

castris se tenere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8:

castra movere,

to break up, to decamp, id. ib. 1, 39 fin.; also syn. with to march forth from a camp, id. ib. 1, 15 Herz.; 1, 22; 2, 2; Sall. C. 57, 3; Nep. Dat. 8, 4; id. Eum. 12 fin. et saep.—Hence, also, promovere, Caes. B. G. 1, 48:

movere retro,

Liv. 2, 58, 3:

removere,

id. 9, 24, 4:

proferre,

Caes. B. C. 1, 81:

castris castra inferre,

Enn. Trag. 201 Vahl.—

Castra Praetoriana, Praetoria, Urbana or simply Castra, the barracks of the Prœtorians in the suburbs of Rome, Suet. Tib. 37; id. Claud. 21; Tac. A. 4, 2; Suet. Aug. 29; id. Claud. 36; Dig. 48, 5, 15. —

Castrorum filius, a surname of Caligula, who was brought up in the camp, Suet. Calig. 22; Aur. Vict. Caes. 3.—So, Castrorum mater, an appellation of Faustina, the wife of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, because she accompanied him in an expedition against the Quadi, Capitol. Marc. Aur. 26.—Hence both appell. in later inscriptions as titles of the Roman emperors and empresses. —

Esp. as nom. propr., like castrum.

Castra Corneliana or Cornelia, on the north coast of Africa, near Utica, so called because the elder Scipio Africanus first pitched his camp there, after his landing in Africa, in the second Punic war, Caes. B. C. 2, 24; 2, 25; 2, 37; Mel. 1, 7, 2; Plin. 5, 4, 3, § 24.—

Castra Caecilia, in Lusitania, Plin. 4, 22, 35, § 117.—

Castra Hannibalis, a seaport town in Bruttium, Plin. 3, 10, 15, § 95.—

Castra Pyrrhi, a place in Grecian Illyria, Liv. 32, 13, 2.—

Castra Vetera or Vetera, a place on the Lower Rhine, now Xanthen, Tac. H. 4, 18; 4, 21; 4, 35; id. A. 1, 45.—

Castra Alexandri, a district in Egypt, Curt. 4, 7, 2; Oros. 1, 2.—

Meton.

Since, in military expeditions, a camp was pitched each evening, in the histt. (esp. Livy) for a day ' s march:

secundis castris ( = bidui itinere) pervenit ad Dium,

Liv. 44, 7, 1; so Tac. H. 3, 15; cf.:

alteris castris,

Liv. 38, 13, 2; Curt. 3, 7.—

So tertiis castris,

Liv. 38, 13, 11; 38, 24, 1; Tac. H. 4, 71:

quartis castris,

Liv. 44, 46, 10:

quintis castris,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36; Liv. 28, 19, 4:

septimis castris,

id. 40, 22, 1:

decimis castris,

id. 27, 32 fin.; 28, 33, 1.—

Military service (hence, often opp. forum and toga), Nep. Epam. 5, 4; Vell. 2, 125, 4; Tib. 4, 1, 39:

qui magnum in castris usum habebant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39.—

Of beehives:

cerea,

Verg. A. 12, 589:

in apium castris,

Pall. 1, 37, 4.—

Of a sheepfold, Col. 6, 23, 3.—

Of political parties, regarded as arrayed in hostility:

si ad interdicti sententiam confugis... in meis castris praesidiisque versaris,

Cic. Caecin. 29, 83.—

Of philosophical sects:

Epicuri castra,

Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 1:

O castra praeclara (Epicuri)!

id. ib. 7, 12, 1; Hor. C. 3, 16, 23; Sen. Ep. 2, 4.