canaba
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A ' (plural ') was the Latin term for a hut or hovel and was later (from the time of Hadrian) used typically to mean a town that emerged as a civilian settlement () in the vicinity of a Roman legionary fortress ().
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- human settlement
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- Ancient Rome
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A ' (plural ') was the Latin term for a hut or hovel and was later (from the time of Hadrian) used typically to mean a town that emerged as a civilian settlement () in the vicinity of a Roman legionary fortress ().
thumb|400px|Location of legions and their Canabae in 80 AD
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