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smudgepotforever ago

Had to find out what Castellum meant: A castellum[1] in ancient Latin is usually either:

  1. a small Roman fortlet or tower,[2] a diminutive of castrum ("military camp"), often used as a watchtower or signal station e.g. on Hadrian's Wall. It should be distinguished from a burgus, which was a later Latin term used particularly in the Germanic provinces.

  2. a settling or storage tank in a Roman aqueduct or it: castellum aquae.

It is the source of the English word "castle".

ALDO_NOVA ago

Hadrian was the older lover of Antinous, the King of Rome

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian

and of course Antinous was JA's profile picture