Vilnius bastion fortifications in 17th - 18th century by Linas Girlevičius

“…Their relations are not clear with the former additional fortifications of the defensive wall. The second line (the ring) of bastion fortifications was equipped distantly from the center of town. …”
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Le camp légionnaire romain de Mayence/Mogontiacum (Allemagne) : nouveaux résultats sur l’enceinte et la chronologie by Daniel Burger-Völlmecke

“…The beginning of stone phase 1 is marked by the backfilling of defensive ditch III, dated, at the earliest, by coins to the late-Vespasianic period, but more likely to the Domitianic period, following the Chattan wars of AD 84/85. The masonry defensive wall (wall I), measuring 1,70-2,30 m wide at its foundation, was fronted by a V-shaped ditch (defensive ditch IV). …”
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Noi cercetări arheologice la cetatea Saschiz I. Incinta exterioară by Marcu Istrate, D., Dobrotă, S., Rezi, B., Gál, S.

“…The investigation established the planimetry of the southern and eastern defensive walls of the outer ward, identified the ruins of a smaller eastern tower midway on the eastern rampart and discovered that the course of the fortifications extended much in the north‑east, to encompass a small terrace. …”

Le réseau hydraulique à Pompéi (Italie) de l’époque des Samnites à Auguste (fin ive-fin ier s. av. J.-C.) by Federico Giletti

“…For this reason, the growing tendency to build sumptuous dwellings, with an enviable viewpoint overlooking the Sarno plain below, led to buildings being extended above and beyond the defensive walls, even reusing structural parts that were no longer considered necessary.In the same way, many of the cisterns behind them lost their function, being converted into rooms in the house or used as stairways or corridors.The large basins seem to have retained their function until the advent of the aqueduct system, introduced in Pompeii in the Augustan age. …”
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