agger
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An earthwork; a mound; a raised work.
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Dorsum or agger viae: the elliptical surface or crown of the road (media stratae eminentia) made of polygonal blocks of silex (basaltic lava) or rectangular blocks of saxum qitadratum (travertine, peperino, or other stone of the country).
What Agger is criticising is the awful ‘me too’ dross that fantasy writers produce.
The Romans called a simple rampart wall an agger ; at this date great height was not necessary.