Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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Page 37
... wall had been replaced by one which not only went up and down following the rise and dip of the terrain , but which also went in and out ( alternating re - entrant and salient ) . The walls were crenellated with alternate high and low ...
... wall had been replaced by one which not only went up and down following the rise and dip of the terrain , but which also went in and out ( alternating re - entrant and salient ) . The walls were crenellated with alternate high and low ...
Page 45
... walls ' . With the Persian threat annihilated , Themis- tocles set about the reconstruction of Athens in 478 BC , encircling the city with walls 12 kilo- metres in circumference and 3.5-4.5 metres thick . Themistocles intended that they ...
... walls ' . With the Persian threat annihilated , Themis- tocles set about the reconstruction of Athens in 478 BC , encircling the city with walls 12 kilo- metres in circumference and 3.5-4.5 metres thick . Themistocles intended that they ...
Page 107
... walls at the exact point where the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I's guns were concentrating . In due course , the walls collapsed and as the victorious Spanish and Germans swarmed in to loot and kill , the Paduans detonated the mine ...
... walls at the exact point where the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I's guns were concentrating . In due course , the walls collapsed and as the victorious Spanish and Germans swarmed in to loot and kill , the Paduans detonated the mine ...
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