Agger (fortification)
The term Agger ( Latin for "earth dam", "earth wall") generally describes an earth structure that was used for a variety of purposes in the Roman Empire .
First and foremost, the term Agger stands for dams or walls built out of earth that were used to fortify Roman marching camps. A section of the Servian city wall , which protected the particularly endangered part near the Porta Esquilina , was called Agger Tarquinii or mostly Agger for short . For the reinforcement of city walls, an agger was piled up on one side to make it more difficult to break through the wall in the event of an attack. In some cases, the surface of the Agger was framed with wood or brickwork. In addition to the name for fortification walls, bank or harbor fortifications and the embankment of the Roman roads Agger were also mentioned.
literature
- Karl Ernst Georges : Comprehensive Latin-German concise dictionary . Hanover 1913, p. 243–245 ( online at Zeno.org ).