Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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Page 60
... keep Roman citizens in , as to keep the barbarians out . There are sound eco- nomic , political and military reasons for that proposition . Firstly , the principal motive - power driving the industry of the Roman Empire was human . A ...
... keep Roman citizens in , as to keep the barbarians out . There are sound eco- nomic , political and military reasons for that proposition . Firstly , the principal motive - power driving the industry of the Roman Empire was human . A ...
Page 80
... keep does not now rise above ground and first floor levels . deed , there were similarities between that edifice and the Great Tower of Rochester Castle . How- ever , the two projects were separated by forty years , the latter being ...
... keep does not now rise above ground and first floor levels . deed , there were similarities between that edifice and the Great Tower of Rochester Castle . How- ever , the two projects were separated by forty years , the latter being ...
Page 111
... keep the candle burning . Even so , the illumination was very faint , but after a while eyes became accus- tomed to it , at least sufficiently well enough to cope with the issue of sixteenth - century gunpow- der . Better a slightly ...
... keep the candle burning . Even so , the illumination was very faint , but after a while eyes became accus- tomed to it , at least sufficiently well enough to cope with the issue of sixteenth - century gunpow- der . Better a slightly ...
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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