10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CIRCUMVALLATION»
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circumvallation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
circumvallation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A treatise on the military science: which comprends the ...
Circumvallation, or line of circumvallation, implies a fortification of earth,
consisting of a parapet and trench made round the town intended to be besieged,
when any molestation is apprehended from parties of the enemy which may
march to ...
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Extreme War: The Military Book Club's Encyclopedia of the ...
Caesar also had his men build 23 redoubts, and towers every 130 yards for the
length of the line of circumvallation. Once this was done, which is to say having
built the lines of circumvallation, Caesar ordered the construction of similar ...
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Harappan Civilization And Rojdi
investigate the foundations of the Gateway and the adjacent circumvallation (
Figure 10, Plate 10). This sounding and clearing revealed the stratigraphy in this
area as well as the engineering that had been used in construction (Figure 11,
Plate ...
Gregory L. Possehl, Mukundrai H. Raval, Y. M. Chitalwala, 1989
With Epipolae in firm grasp, the Athenians were able to begin the laborious task
of circumvallation. They built a fort at Labdalum, a place on the northern edge of
Epipolae, to serve as a base of operations and a circular fort in a more advanced
...
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Handbook of Placental Pathology
Circumvallation is characterized by a folded redundancy of the membranes at the
abbreviated limits of the chorionic plate. Traction of the membranes near their
line of attachment can enhance gross detection of membrane plication and ...
Ona Marie Faye-Petersen, Debra S. Heller, Vijay V. Joshi, 2005
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A Treatise on the Art of War: containing the principles of ...
From the front of the line of circumvallation there should be a space of 120
sathoms, to draw up the army in battalia behind the circumvallation; which space
added to 30 fathoms, supposed for the depth os the camp, gives 150 fathomsz
and ...
It was not conceived necessary," says Napoleon, “to form lines of circumvallation,
which was an error; but the engineers held out hopes that the place would be
surrendered berevictualled the place, on the eve of the battle of Castiglioiie.
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The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany
When vallation, which was an error ; but lines of circumvallation were con- the
engineers held out hopes that structed round Saint-George, they the place would
be surrendered be- produced the surrender of the Gene- fore the Austrian army ...
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Colchester, Fortress of the War God: an Archaeological ...
M MON880 circumvallation P- M Parliamentarian siege works MON881 bastion P
- M Parliamentarian siege works MON882 circumvallation P- M Parliamentarian
siege works MON883 bastion P- M Parliamentarian siege works MON884 ...
David Radford, Adrian Gascoyne, Philip Wise, 2013
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C?sar's Conquest of Gaul
Excavation has shown that on the hills round Alesia the pits (st-robes) which
Caesar describes in B. G., vii, 73, §§ 5—8 (with which compare 74, § 1) were not
in front but in rear of the circumvallation,1 which was broken opposite each pair.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CIRCUMVALLATION»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
circumvallation is used in the context of the following news items.
ASSOCHAM moots proposal for freight villages to establish cluster …
Long stretches of roads leading into cities or circumvallation roads around them have de facto been turned into truck queuing and waiting areas ... «Web India, Jun 15»
Infrastructure: Energy, Central America Key Focus
These projects include an urban passenger train, the South Axis Circumvallation Road - East of Guatemala City, a Government Administrative ... «Latinvex, May 15»
Searching for lost English Civil War siegeworks
Newark was also partly surrounded by trenches – a so called line of circumvallation, shown on surviving Royalist and Parliamentary siege ... «Past Horizons Archaeology News, Jun 14»
Five Pillar of Islam
The main feature of Hajj is the circumvallation of the “Kabaa” and the sacrifice of animals on the final day in the memory of the sacrifice of Issac ... «Guardian Express, Dec 13»
Legio Excavations Reveal Roman Camp of VIth Ferrata Legion in …
Finds include defensive earthworks, a circumvallation rampart, barracks areas and artifacts including roof tiles stamped with the name of the ... «Popular Archaeology, Oct 13»
Capone, King Of Crime
Recently Capone, building himself up to a weight of 235 pounds, has added a personal circumvallation of lard to his other fortifications. «Vanity Fair, Sep 13»
Simon Sebag Montefiore: Titus' Roman holocaust
Finally, Titus decided to encircle and seal the entire city by building a wall of circumvallation. In late June, the Romans stormed the hulking ... «National Post, Feb 12»
Three-Dimensional Surface Rendering of the Chorionic Placental …
The circumvallation was obvious. No other cytopathologic particularity was detected on microscope examination except advanced maturation ... «Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, Jan 12»
On the Spartacus Road, By Peter Stothard
In fact, taken as a whole, it is a single huge digression, a circumvallation built around the most terrible experience in the author's life. About ten ... «Independent, Feb 10»
Project Alesia: News Corp.'s Roman Battle Cry–Does That Cast …
More important–besides being cited as one of the best uses of siege warfare and “circumvallation” (see more about this below)–the battle of ... «All Things Digital, Dec 09»
