Here is a general view of the legatus' praetorium.The commander's tent would be one of the largest. The praetorium was the area around the commander's tent. It was here in the praetorium that all orders and meetings and assemblies of the men and officers would come from.

A cohort of twelve figures is marching to the praetorium to receive orders. The legatus's servants have his horse read to go (to the right). The praetorium area also housed tents that served as a legion treasury, hosptial, and chapel. There would also be cooking areas and a wagon park.

Remember how many towers there wre? Twelve. During the siege of Cicero's camp he ordered circuit towers to be errected between the gate towers and the corner towers. If added and I will do so in the final setup, this means a typical camp could have an additional eight towers bringing the total to twenty towers. Twenty one if you count the additional tower for the main gate. Caesar states that Ciccero eventually errected one hundred and twenty towers. I do not show these here. I drew the line at twenty one towers. For Cicero t o have errected this many towers would mean that he must have filled every foot of the walls with towers to create an even higher and more imposing rampart wall. I find this hard to believe but then what do I know. It would be possible if you read Dodge on the subject.

Note the grassy rampart wall facings. This hopefully shows that the walls of the rampart are of sod blocks or bricks. The wicker work has the mud falling off. Something I think would happen in real winter conditions.

The battle for the scenario will be occur outside the camp. As Allan Fleming so often reminded me, Let's have a real battle instead of a siege. I have to agree with him. So for that reason I use models like this and Carthage as a back drop rather than the focus of my scenarios. In this way I get to make a building and at the same time provide players with a hopefully pleasant game board. Then too historical gamng is supposed to have some educational value too. Buildings add the flavor of the period. Finally I will be adding the QRS for this Scenario in the Players Aids section later this week. Be sure to stop by and take a look at this game and let me know if you like what you see.