Defensive walls are a feature of ancient Roman architecture. The Romans generally fortified cities, rather than building stand-alone fortresses, but there...

The Roman walls of Lugo are the ancient Roman defensive walls of the Roman colonia of Lucus Augusti –present-day Lugo, Spain–, in the Roman province of...

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city walls consist of a defensive structure built to protect the city of Chester in Cheshire, England. Their construction was started by the Romans when...

Wall (Latin: Vallum Hadriani, also known as the Roman Wall, Picts' Wall, or Vallum Aelium in Latin) is a former defensive fortification of the Roman province...

The Roman Walls of Córdoba are the ancient Roman defensive walls of the Roman colonia of Corduba –present-day Córdoba, Spain–, capital of the Roman province...

visible in the Ancient Roman religion and its Pantheon. Its political organization developed at around the same time as direct democracy in Ancient Greece, with...

historically had, defensive walls. Algiers Ghardaïa Timimoun Al-Fustat Cairo Damietta See List of Egypt castles, forts, fortifications and city walls. Harar Apollonia...

historiography, ancient Rome encompasses the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC, the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC), Roman Republic (509–27...

The Servian Wall (Latin: Murus Servii Tullii; Italian: Mura Serviane) is an ancient Roman defensive barrier constructed around the city of Rome in the...

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Ancient Roman architecture adopted the external language of classical ancient Greek architecture for the purposes of the ancient Romans, but was different...

the ancient Roman ritual of plowing the boundary of a new city—particularly formal colonies—prior to distributing its lots or erecting its walls. The...

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Chinese city walls (traditional Chinese: 城牆; simplified Chinese: 城墙; pinyin: chéngqiáng; "city wall") refer to defensive walls built to protect important...

In ancient Roman warfare, the testudo or tortoise formation was a type of shield wall formation commonly used by the Roman legions during battles, particularly...

sagum instead of a paludamentum. Ancient Rome portal Roman military personal equipment Michael Simkins, page 17 "The Roman Army from Hadrian to Constantine"...

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miles of intact wall than any other city in England. They are known variously as York City Walls, the Bar Walls and the Roman walls (though this last...

preserves Betar's ancient name. Excavations at the site have uncovered evidence of the Roman siege and destruction, such as defensive walls and arrowheads...

curtain wall is a defensive wall between fortified towers or bastions of a castle, fortress, or town. Evidence for curtain walls or a series of walls surrounding...

Manchester and Liverpool. The Romans founded Chester as Deva Victrix in AD 70s in the land of the Celtic Cornovii, according to ancient cartographer Ptolemy,...

Wall, a number of Chinese cities also employed the use of defensive walls to defend their cities. Notable Chinese city walls include the city walls of...

no principle analogous to separation of church and state in ancient Rome. During the Roman Republic (509–27 BC), the same men who were elected public officials...

ISBN 9781626160651. Touraj Daryaee, "If these Walls Could Speak: The Barrier of Alexander, Wall of Darband and Other Defensive Moats", in Borders: Itineraries on...

The Hexamilion wall (Greek: Εξαμίλιον τείχος, "six-mile wall") was a defensive wall constructed across the Isthmus of Corinth, guarding the only land route...

standards of international conduct". Although Rome's earliest wars were defensive, a Roman victory would still result in the enslavement of the defeated under...

permanently open gate through the Chester city walls, on the site of the original entrance to the Roman fortress of Deva Victrix in Chester, Cheshire,...

The Roman walls of Verona were an important defensive curtain wall equipped with numerous towers and monumental gates, built in several successive construction...

west, the curtain walls, which include the Halfmoon Tower, the Flag Tower and the gun emplacement, are listed Grade I. Other walls within the castle complex...