Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Carrago

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

CARRA'GO. A species of fortification adopted by many of the barbarous nations with whom the Romans came into collision. It was effected by drawing up their waggons and war-chariots into a circle round the positions which they occupied. Amm. Marc. xxxi. 7. 7. Trebell. Gallien. 13. Veget. Mil. iii. 10.