Item interiore parte substructionis fundamentum distans ab exteriore introrsus amplo spatio, ita uti cohortes possint quemadmodum in acie instructae ad defendendum supra latitudinem aggeris consistere.
Also on the inner side of the substructure another foundation is to be laid, so far distant from the outer foundation that cohorts can stand upon the broad rampart for its defence, as when drawn up in line of battle.
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