Roman army of the mid-Republic x 700m = ca. 50 hectares). Along the perimeter, a ditch ("fossa") would be excavated, and the spoil used to build an earthen rampart ("agger") on the inside of the ditch. On top of the rampart was erected a palisade ("vallum") of cross-hatched wooden stakes with sharpened points. Within this precinct, a standard, elaborate plan was used to allocate space, in a pre-set pattern, for the tents of each of the various components of the army: officers, legionary infantry (split into "hastati", "principes" and "triarii") and legionary cavalry, Italian allied infantry and cavalry, "extraordinarii" and non-Italian allies. The idea was
George A. Barker House on the two street-facing sides. The house is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a truncated hip roof, and an exterior finished in wooden clapboards. It has applied woodwork detailing typical of the style, as well as asymmetrical massing and angled bracketing on the front porch. The main roof eave is adorned with brackets and a band of jigsawn picket fence woodwork. The main facade is three bays wide, with the entrance at the center, were a gable is set above the porch stairs. An early 20th-century garage is located at the back of the property. The house was