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Keywords: Mound, Embankment, Roman, Road, Rampart
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An earthwork; a mound; a raised work.
ftp://ftp.uga.edu/pub/misc/webster/
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originally built for fortification, this mound took on the function of a terrace
http://www.catacombsociety.org/glossary.html
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The built-up foundations of a Roman road, sometimes surviving as a long bank of earth.
http://www.geocities.com/ouarchsoc/glossary/a.html
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A flat area on either side of a Roman road which was between 30-40 ft (12-15 metres) wide
http://www.romans-in-britain.org.uk/glo_glossary_a.htm
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cambered embankment-mound carrying a Roman road
http://www.digital-documents.co.uk/archi/glos_rom.htm
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Agger is the Roman word for an embankment or rampart, from the Latin aggero meaning to heap up, make a mound.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agger
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