Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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... result of the Romans ' own power - politics . In AD 197 Clodius Albinus shipped the entire garrison of Britain over to Gaul in his bid to become emperor . Denuded of troops , both the Antonine Wall and Hadrian's Wall were overrun by the ...
... result of the Romans ' own power - politics . In AD 197 Clodius Albinus shipped the entire garrison of Britain over to Gaul in his bid to become emperor . Denuded of troops , both the Antonine Wall and Hadrian's Wall were overrun by the ...
Page 79
... result of a fire and explosion when the place was serving as an army barracks . But even if subsidence did not occur , the very fact that the stone tower was located on the apex of a narrow mound made it very cramped . More commodious ...
... result of a fire and explosion when the place was serving as an army barracks . But even if subsidence did not occur , the very fact that the stone tower was located on the apex of a narrow mound made it very cramped . More commodious ...
Page 87
... result being the excommunication of the Emperor Henry IV . With such a curse laid upon him , all his subjects were automatically freed from their oath of allegiance to him . For his friends , that did not matter . His enemies saw it as ...
... result being the excommunication of the Emperor Henry IV . With such a curse laid upon him , all his subjects were automatically freed from their oath of allegiance to him . For his friends , that did not matter . His enemies saw it as ...
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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