Usages of castra
Sole oriente, dux femina e castris procedit et legioni signum dat.
At sunrise, a female general goes out from the camp and gives the signal to the legion.
Milites vallum et fossam circum castra muniunt, dum dux in turri stat.
The soldiers fortify the rampart and the ditch around the camp, while the general stands in the tower.
Nescimus utrum hoc agmen ad castra redeat an ad urbem festinet.
We do not know whether this column is returning to the camp or hurrying to the city.
Dux, sole iam occidente, ad castra redit et milites laudat.
As the sun is now setting, the general returns to the camp and praises the soldiers.
Cum sol oritur, milites e castris procedunt.
When the sun rises, the soldiers go out from the camp.
Dux signum dat, et milites ex castris procedunt.
The general gives the signal, and the soldiers advance from the camp.
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