Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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... FOUR The Greeks It is men who make the. Ignoring such mythical battles as the Titans ' assault on the stronghold of the gods on Mount Olympus ( which may be the exaggerated folk- memory account of an actual Old Stone Age event ) , the ...
... FOUR The Greeks It is men who make the. Ignoring such mythical battles as the Titans ' assault on the stronghold of the gods on Mount Olympus ( which may be the exaggerated folk- memory account of an actual Old Stone Age event ) , the ...
Page 47
... four years later . Already , a new power was arising in the Mediterranean , one whose own imperium would last for four hundred years , whose own siege techniques were efficient rather than spectacular , and whose own military archi ...
... four years later . Already , a new power was arising in the Mediterranean , one whose own imperium would last for four hundred years , whose own siege techniques were efficient rather than spectacular , and whose own military archi ...
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... four officers had piled their rifles and Lewis guns and were building a sangar on Black Hill ( north of Jandola ) , when they were assaulted by 1,000 Mahsuds from dead ground 200 metres away . The covering troops were driven off ...
... four officers had piled their rifles and Lewis guns and were building a sangar on Black Hill ( north of Jandola ) , when they were assaulted by 1,000 Mahsuds from dead ground 200 metres away . The covering troops were driven off ...
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