The Architeftural History of the City of RomeParker, 1883 - Broj stranica: 273 |
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... fortress of this characte and the strong places of Etruria , of which Veii , so long t powerful rival of Rome , is the chief example , were sir larly defended . Usually , each hill - town consisted of thr parts : 1. The Arx , or citadel ...
... fortress of this characte and the strong places of Etruria , of which Veii , so long t powerful rival of Rome , is the chief example , were sir larly defended . Usually , each hill - town consisted of thr parts : 1. The Arx , or citadel ...
Stranica 13
... fortress remains of walls , built of stones four feet long by two feet wide , or more exactly , as a com- petent authority states , twenty - three inches wide , being the regular Etruscan measure ; each stone is about a ton weight , or ...
... fortress remains of walls , built of stones four feet long by two feet wide , or more exactly , as a com- petent authority states , twenty - three inches wide , being the regular Etruscan measure ; each stone is about a ton weight , or ...
Stranica 15
... Sabine race ; and on the outbreak of wars , the natural fruit of such proxiniity , the legends say that the Romans thought it necessary to raise the walls of their fortress , and began to do so . Precisely at this point , where.
... Sabine race ; and on the outbreak of wars , the natural fruit of such proxiniity , the legends say that the Romans thought it necessary to raise the walls of their fortress , and began to do so . Precisely at this point , where.
Stranica 17
... fortress . But this passage would expose them to danger from missiles off the Saturnian mount : the reservoir of rain - water was , there- fore , a precaution for the Romans when at war with the Sabines , but would be useless at any ...
... fortress . But this passage would expose them to danger from missiles off the Saturnian mount : the reservoir of rain - water was , there- fore , a precaution for the Romans when at war with the Sabines , but would be useless at any ...
Stranica 19
... fortress . Festus says that all cities founded according to the Etruscan rite had necessarily three gates . But there were in addition flights of steps : one of these led down from the top to the site of the Arch of Constantine , where ...
... fortress . Festus says that all cities founded according to the Etruscan rite had necessarily three gates . But there were in addition flights of steps : one of these led down from the top to the site of the Arch of Constantine , where ...
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