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
Sittin' on a Fence States on the 1967 album "Flowers". The song was released in Great Britain in 1969 on the greatest hits album "Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)". The group did not release it as a single. It is included on the 1972 compilation "More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies)", but as with so much Stones material from 1967, the band has never performed “Sittin' on a Fence” live.Towards the end of the acoustically driven song, a harpsichord, played by Brian Jones, can be heard. Sittin' on a Fence "Sittin' on a Fence" is a song written by