Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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... employed at the siege of Syracuse in Sicily , a colony of Corinthian foundation . Blockaded by an Athenian fleet from 415 BC , its landward walls were paralleled by an Athenian double - wall similar to that constructed by the Spartans ...
... employed at the siege of Syracuse in Sicily , a colony of Corinthian foundation . Blockaded by an Athenian fleet from 415 BC , its landward walls were paralleled by an Athenian double - wall similar to that constructed by the Spartans ...
Page 50
... employed on their own quite separately from the siege - tower . ) Infantry assault from the turris mobilis was made via drawbridges ( sambucae ) . Lesser structures affording protection to siege engineers were testudines or tortoises ...
... employed on their own quite separately from the siege - tower . ) Infantry assault from the turris mobilis was made via drawbridges ( sambucae ) . Lesser structures affording protection to siege engineers were testudines or tortoises ...
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... employed as a strong- hold by English dissidents or new waves of Viking raiders . For the latter did not cease their depredations just because one of their number had become King of England . Ever since the latter days of the Roman ...
... employed as a strong- hold by English dissidents or new waves of Viking raiders . For the latter did not cease their depredations just because one of their number had become King of England . Ever since the latter days of the Roman ...
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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