Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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Page 48
... camp site . Meanwhile the survey party was staking out the centre line of the camp ( decumanus maximus ) crossed by its axis ( cardo maximus ) . These two lines formed the basis of two pathways bisecting the camp , the via principalis ...
... camp site . Meanwhile the survey party was staking out the centre line of the camp ( decumanus maximus ) crossed by its axis ( cardo maximus ) . These two lines formed the basis of two pathways bisecting the camp , the via principalis ...
Page 49
... camp and went out on patrol or into battle expeditus , wearing and carrying only their combat gear . If the engage- ment did not go favourably , the legion withdrew in good order into its camp , recoiling upon its reserves of food ...
... camp and went out on patrol or into battle expeditus , wearing and carrying only their combat gear . If the engage- ment did not go favourably , the legion withdrew in good order into its camp , recoiling upon its reserves of food ...
Page 129
... camps . Prisoners had been taken in previous conflicts , high - born ones being held usually in some comfort - until a ... camp and then all leaning on the surrounding palisade , which gave way under their weight . Such inci- dents could ...
... camps . Prisoners had been taken in previous conflicts , high - born ones being held usually in some comfort - until a ... camp and then all leaning on the surrounding palisade , which gave way under their weight . Such inci- dents could ...
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accommodation Antonine Wall armour artillery assault attack barracks base bastions battery battle became besieged blockhouses bombardment Britain British brochs building built Cadbury Castle camp cannon captured casemates century Chepstow Castle citadel Constantinople construction covered Crusader curtain wall Deal Castle defenders ditch earth Eastbourne Redoubt embrasures emperor Empire enemy entrance equipment erected field army fieldworks fire force fortifications fortress forts French frontier garrison gates German gunpowder guns Hadrian's Wall Harlech Castle Henry VIII hillforts infantry invader iron Iron Age keep kilometres King legion Maginot Line Martello Martello Towers massive medieval ment metres metres high metres thick metres wide military architecture missiles mortar motte-and-bailey mounted Norman operations palisade parapet perhaps pillboxes protection purpose-built raids rampart refuge Rochester Castle Roman roof round royal side siege slope soldiers solid stone stronghold strongpoints structures surrender surrounded target timber tion towers troops tunnels turrets Vauban warfare warriors weapons wooden