Campgate literature

[Victor]

here is a link to an article on campgates

The Late Roman ‘Camp Gate’ Reverse Type and the Sidus Salutare by David Woods.

https://www.academia.edu/38132074/The_Late_Roman_Camp_Gate_Reverse_Type_and_the_Sidus_Salutare?email_work_card=title


I had a quick glance and saw this, talking about the literature-

"with only rare acknowledgement that it might in fact depict a city gate instead"

and this

"The result has been a rather uncritical consensus that this structure was always the gate of a camp, never that of a city."


While this may be true of most of the literature, it neglects the healthy debate that has been happening for years on the internet about whether it is a camp gate or city gate.

[tjaart]

Thanks for this paper, Victor! As soon as I have time I will try and read it in more detail. A cursory glance does suggest that there are a couple of interesting things e.g. that the star on campgates represent the Emperor restoring light (victory) to the city/camp.

[Doug Hill]

Tjaart, back in 2015 you ask me if I had any pics of my gates. I'm sorry I did'nt see that question. These pics are older and not complete, but her they are.http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/index.php?cat=10472

Doug