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Burgus

The burgus at Ahegg
The burgus at Finningen based on research by Michael Mackensen, 1985
Model (sectioned) of the burgus or ruined fort of Zeiselmauer. View from the south (Roman Museum, Tulln (Austria))
Artist's impression of the late Roman burgus of Goch-Asperden (D), core site with outer walls and ditch
Artist's impression of the Ländeburgus at Ladenburg. The bridge has not been established archaeologically.
Artist's impression of the Ländeburgus at Zullestein (D) with site plan
Floor plan of the well-researched burgus of Veröcemaros-Dunamezö

A burgus (Latin, plural burgi ) or turris ("tower")[1] is a small, tower-like fort of the Late Antiquity, which was sometimes protected by an outwork and surrounding ditches. Darvill defines it as "a small fortified position or watch-tower usually controlling a main routeway."[2]

Burgus was a term used in the later period of the Roman Empire, and particularly in the Germanic provinces.[3]

  1. ^ CIL VIII, 2546; CIL VIII, 2548. Babylonian Talmud, Mo'eds Katan 28b
  2. ^ Darvill, Timothy (2008). Oxford Concise Dictionary of Archaeology, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York, p. 63. ISBN 978-0-19-953404-3.
  3. '^ CIL III, 3385 and AE 1910, 145

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