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1. Roman Legion

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   The operational capacity of the legion was intrinsically linked to its engineering proficiency. Every legion carried specialized tools, most famously the dolabra), essential for camp construction, road building, and siege works [4].
   A lesser-known but critical engineering practice was the standardized construction of temporary marching camps (castra aestiva). These camps were laid out according to precise geometric principles derived from the [Pythagorean theorem](/entries/pythag…