The Antonine Wall Report: Being an Account of Excavations, Etc. Made Under the Direction of the Glasgow Archaeological Society During 1890-93 |
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Page 41 - ... in depth — which extended over hill and plain, in one unbroken line, from sea to sea. Behind this ditch, on its southern side, and within a few feet of its edge, was raised a rampart of intermingled stone and earth, strengthened by sods of turf, which measured, it is supposed, about twenty feet in height, and twenty-four in thickness at the base.
Page 121 - Sed nostri celeritati srudentes, erecta conlocantes frontibus serviunt et in medio faciunt fractis separatim cum materia caementis. Ita tres suscitantur in ea structura crustae, duae frontium et una media farturae.
Page 34 - Re(a)tino. [4] quartum fabrile saepimen- 20 turn est nouissimum, maceria. huius fere species quattuor, quod fiunt e lapide, ut in agro Tusculano, quod e lateribus coctilibus, ut in agro Gallico, quod e lateribus crudis, ut in agro Sabino, quod ex terra et lapillis compositis in formis, ut in Hispania e(t) agro Tarentino.
Page 23 - Murus2 etenim de lapidibus, vallum vero quo ad repellendam vim hostium castra muniuntur fit de cespitibus, quibus circumcisis, e terra velut murus exstruitur altus supra terram, ita ut in ante sit fossa, de qua levati sunt cespites, supra quam sudes de lignis fortissimis prsefiguntur.
Page 22 - Victor ergo civilium bellorum quae ei gravissima occurrerant, in Brittanias defectu pene omnium sociorum trahitur, ubi magnis gravibusque proeliis saepe gestis, receptam partem insulae a ceteris indomitis gentibus, non muro, ut quidam aestimant, sed vallo distinguendam putavit.
Page 142 - ... utilis sempiterno. Itaque non solum in muro, sed etiam in substructionibus , quique parietes murali crassitudine erunt faciendi , bac ratione religati non cito vitiabuntur. Intervalla autem turrium ita sunt facienda...
Page 34 - Agger is bonus, qui intrinsecus iunctus fossa aut ita arduus, ut eum transcendere non sit facile. Hoc genus saepes fieri secundum vias publicas solent et secundum amnes. Ad viam Salariam in agro Crustumino videre licet locis aliquot coniunctos aggeres cum fossis, ne flumen agris noceat. Aggeres faciunt sine fossa : eos quidam vocant 4 muros, ut in agro Reatino.
Page 24 - Severus quondam vallum fecerat, firmo de lapide conlocarunt : quem videlicet murum hactenus famosum atque conspicuum, sumptu publico privatoque, adiuncta secum Brittanorum manu construebant, octo pedes latum et duodecim altum, recta ab oriente in occasum linea, ut usque hodie intuentibus clarum est : quo mox condito dantfortia segni populo monita,praebent instituendorum exemplaria armorum.
Page 30 - Sed ubi vis acrior imminet hostium, tune legitima fossa ambitum convenit munire castrorum ita ut xii. pedes lata sit et alta sub lineu, sicut appellant, pedes novem.
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| Title | The Antonine Wall Report: Being an Account of Excavations, Etc. Made Under the Direction of the Glasgow Archaeological Society During 1890-93 |
| Author | Glasgow Archaeological Society |
| Publisher | Glasgow Archaeological Society and sold, 1899 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Mar 4, 2008 |
| Length | 173 pages |
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