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
Taking a Line for a Second Walk Taking a Line for a Second Walk Taking a Line for a Second Walk is the name of piano duo reduction of a dance work for orchestra by Michael Nyman, "Basic Black", written in 1986 for the Houston Ballet. It is eponymous with a 1994 album on Work Music on which it constitutes approximately half the material. The album is also known as "Music for Two Pianos", which is given as the album's name on the back cover and insert back, while "Taking a Line for a Second Walk" appears on the front cover, spine, and physical disc. The performers