Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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... timber / stone layering . Huenberg hillfort overlooking the Danube south of Binzwagen , was built about 600-550 BC . It had clay - brick walls and bastions on stone foundations along its north - west perimeter . It is so similar to ...
... timber / stone layering . Huenberg hillfort overlooking the Danube south of Binzwagen , was built about 600-550 BC . It had clay - brick walls and bastions on stone foundations along its north - west perimeter . It is so similar to ...
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... timber was pounded away at the gate or wall until a crevice or indentation had been made and into which the point could be forced . It was then levered from side to side until bricks and stones or chunks of wood came loose and the hole ...
... timber was pounded away at the gate or wall until a crevice or indentation had been made and into which the point could be forced . It was then levered from side to side until bricks and stones or chunks of wood came loose and the hole ...
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... timber barri- cades ; they died behind them , in the flames of their city . Those Athenians like Themistocles , who believed the Oracle was referring to wooden war galleys , took the fleet to sea and defeated the Persians at Salamis ...
... timber barri- cades ; they died behind them , in the flames of their city . Those Athenians like Themistocles , who believed the Oracle was referring to wooden war galleys , took the fleet to sea and defeated the Persians at Salamis ...
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