thumb|The Ahegg burgus thumb|The Finningen burgus based on research by Michael Mackensen, 1985 thumb|Model (sectioned) of the burgus or ruined fort of Roman camp, Cannabiaca|Zeiselmauer. View from the south ([[Roman Museum, Tulln (Austria))]] thumb|Artist's impression of the late Roman Asperden burgus, core site with outer walls and ditch thumb|Artist's impression of the Ländeburgus at Ladenburg. The bridge has not been established archaeologically. thumb|Artist's impression of the Ländeburgus at Zullestein (D) with site plan thumb|Floor plan of the well-researched burgus of Veröcemaros-Duname
thumb|The Ahegg burgus thumb|The Finningen burgus based on research by Michael Mackensen, 1985 thumb|Model (sectioned) of the burgus or ruined fort of Roman camp, Cannabiaca|Zeiselmauer. View from the south ([[Roman Museum, Tulln (Austria))]] thumb|Artist's impression of the late Roman Asperden burgus, core site with outer walls and ditch thumb|Artist's impression of the Ländeburgus at Ladenburg. The bridge has not been established archaeologically. thumb|Artist's impression of the Ländeburgus at Zullestein (D) with site plan thumb|Floor plan of the well-researched burgus of Veröcemaros-Dunamezö A burgus (Latin, plural burgi ) or turris ("tower") is a small tower-like castrum of late antiquity, which was sometimes protected by an outwork and surrounding ditches. Timothy Darvill defines it as "a small fortified position or watchtower usually controlling a main routeway."
Burgus was a term used in the later period of the Roman Empire, and particularly in the Germanic provinces.
Discovered by embedding cosine similarity (sentence-transformers MiniLM, 384-dim).