 | Edward Gibbon - 1811 - 542 pàgines
...respective stations ; the streets were broad, and perfectly straight, and a vacant space of two hundred feet was left on all sides, between the tents and...was usually twelve feet high, armed with a line of n The subject of the ancient machines is treated with great knowledge and ingenuity by the chevalier... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1816 - 472 pàgines
...respective stations j the streets were broad, and perfectly straight, and a vacant space of two hundred feet was left on all sides, between the tents and...feet high, armed with a line of strong and intricate pallisades, and defended by a ditch of twelve feet in depth as w'ell as in breadth. This important... | |
 | John B. Colvin - 1821 - 318 pàgines
...straight, and a vacant space of two hundred feet was left on all sides, between the tents and the ramparts: the rampart itself was usually twelve feet high, armed with a line of strong and intricate pallisades, and defended by a ditch of twelve feet in depth as well as in breadth. This important labor... | |
 | India - 1822 - 88 pàgines
...pitched for one night, was made to resemble a fortified town. -'The rampart itself," says Gibbon " was usually twelve feet high, armed with a line of...strong and intricate palisades, and defended by a ditch twelve feet in depth, as well as in breadth." From the "snows of Caledonia to the sands of Egypt" the... | |
 | 1823 - 862 pàgines
...space of 200 feet « as left on all sides between the tents and rampart. The rampart itself was Ii2 feet high, armed with a line of strong and intricate palisades, and defended by a ditch 1 2 feet deep and as much broad. This labour was performed by the legions themselves, to whom the use... | |
 | Thomas Walker Horsfield - 1824 - 496 pàgines
...their respective stations i the streets were broad and perfectly straight, and a vacant space of 200 feet was left on all sides between the tents and the...rampart. The rampart itself was usually twelve feet nigh, armed with a line of strong and intricate pallisades, and defended by a ditch twelve feet in... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1840 - 564 pàgines
...streets were broad, and perfectly straight, and a vacant space of about two hundred feet was left on alt sides, between the tents and the rampart. The rampart...feet in depth as well as in breadth. This important labour was performed by the hands of the legionaries themselves ; to whom the use of the spade and... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 678 pàgines
...men were no longer found, their place was supplied by machines. See Vegetius, ii. 25. Arrian. hundred feet was left on all sides, between the tents and...strong and intricate palisades, and defended by a diteh of twelve feet in depth as well as in breadth. This important labour was performed by the hands... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 556 pàgines
...respective stations ; the streets were broad and perfectly straight, and a vacant space of two hundred feet was left on all sides, between the tents and...feet in depth as well as in breadth. This important labour was performed by the hands of the legionaries themselves ; to whom the use of the spade and... | |
 | Sir Arthur Helps - 1855 - 554 pàgines
...should 3! take upon himself to appoint the Alcaldes and Eegidors of the new town.f The Alcaldes named tents and the rampart. The rampart itself was usually...feet in depth as well as in breadth- This important labour was performed by the hands of the legionaries themselves; to whom the use of the spade and the... | |
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In the midst of the camp, the praetorium, or general's quarters, rose above the others; the cavalry, the infantry, and the auxiliaries occupied their respective stations; the streets were broad and perfectly straight, and a vacant space of two hundred... 
