head-quarters Copy link Outline 1. praetŏrium (the general's tent)2. princĭpia, orum (that part of a Roman camp where the tents of the commanding officers were)3. perh. cardo, ĭnis, m. (any central position, to which military movements are referred) • head-quarters: 1. praetŏrium (the general's tent): Caes. B. C. 1, 76: Veg. 3, 8, med. 2. princĭpia, orum (that part of a Roman camp where the tents of the commanding officers were): cf. Liv. 7, 12, fin., in principiis ac praetorio: v. Crev. ad l. 3. perh. cardo, ĭnis, m. (any central position, to which military movements are referred): to make Ancona their h., Anconam velut c. habere, Liv. 41, 1, med.