στρᾰτόπεδ-ον, τό,
camp, encampment, [[ [prev. author = 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus] 5.63, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 79 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 10, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.709] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Στρατόπεδα, name of a part of Egypt, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.154, compare 112 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, encamped army, [[ [prev. author] 4.114, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.119, etc.; in both senses, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.81. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 at Rome, the Castra Praetoriana, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 60.1, +others ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II generally, army, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.77, 9.51, 53 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, squadron of ships, [[ [prev. author] 8.94, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.117, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 21.6, “IG” 12.105.29; σ. ναυτικὰ καὶ πεζικά 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.3.18. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 the Roman legion, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.16.2, “BGU” 362 xi 15 (3rd c.AD), 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 55.23, etc. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__III the court or suite of the emperor or his representative, [[ 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Epistulae” 46. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]