Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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Page 35
... army , meeting the foe as far from the cities and fields of Egypt as possible . - - Neither policy of unification at home and isolation from enemies abroad worked per- fectly all the time ( no policy could over two thousand years ) ...
... army , meeting the foe as far from the cities and fields of Egypt as possible . - - Neither policy of unification at home and isolation from enemies abroad worked per- fectly all the time ( no policy could over two thousand years ) ...
Page 51
... army troops ' . However , relevant personnel and equipment were attached to individual legions , and any one legion could call upon the firepower of 60 catapultae of various sizes . Even so , they do not seem to have accompa- nied ...
... army troops ' . However , relevant personnel and equipment were attached to individual legions , and any one legion could call upon the firepower of 60 catapultae of various sizes . Even so , they do not seem to have accompa- nied ...
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... army offensive . Any army of those days , even a primitive one , knew how to fill in ditches and scale walls . Hadrian's Wall and its 32 men every mile would easily be overwhelmed long before any help could come from Eboracum , Lindum ...
... army offensive . Any army of those days , even a primitive one , knew how to fill in ditches and scale walls . Hadrian's Wall and its 32 men every mile would easily be overwhelmed long before any help could come from Eboracum , Lindum ...
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