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In De Re Militari, Vegetius bemoans the fact that the late Roman army "forgot" the ancient art of fortifying their nightly camps. When and why did the Romans stop entrenching? Did it cease to be useful against their foes?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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