Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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Page 59
... Hadrian's Wall was severely damaged no less than five times in its history - and in view of that sort of record , it could not have been very effective . Certainly the Wall , even in its heyday , would not have presented an ...
... Hadrian's Wall was severely damaged no less than five times in its history - and in view of that sort of record , it could not have been very effective . Certainly the Wall , even in its heyday , would not have presented an ...
Page 60
... Hadrian's Wall was by openly asking permission at one of the forts - the milecastles being so linked to the Military Way that they were for army use only . The smallest and unlikeliest gaps were closed . Where the Wall crossed the North ...
... Hadrian's Wall was by openly asking permission at one of the forts - the milecastles being so linked to the Military Way that they were for army use only . The smallest and unlikeliest gaps were closed . Where the Wall crossed the North ...
Page 61
... Wall was evacuated during the Brigantian rebellion of 158–65 , Hadrian's Wall being recommissioned first as the northern fron- tier again , and then as the linear base for the reconquest of Caledonia and the reoccupation of the Antonine ...
... Wall was evacuated during the Brigantian rebellion of 158–65 , Hadrian's Wall being recommissioned first as the northern fron- tier again , and then as the linear base for the reconquest of Caledonia and the reoccupation of the Antonine ...
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