Greek Aims in Fortification

acropolis ancient arch Athenian Athens attack barbican barrier-wall base blocks Boeotia brick brickwork Bronze Age building built Caria catapults centre Chalcis city-wall closed battlement corbelled corner Courtauld cross-wall curtains defence ditch doorway edge Eleusis embrasures enceinte enclosed enclosure enemy Eretria excavation flank flat ground floor forecourt fortifications fourth century front frontage garrison gate Gortys Greek harbour height Hellenistic Heraclea-by-Latmus hill later less Lilaea lintel main entrance main gateway mantlets masonry merlons Messene metre Miletus missiles mobile towers mudbrick Mycenean Oeniadae Orchomenus outer outworks parapet passage perhaps perimeter Philo Piraeus plateau plinth polygonal postern presumably probably projected proteichisma rams revetment rock Roman roof round tower salient sector Selinus shape shutters side siege Sillyon slabs slits slope sockets sorties spurs St-Blaise stair stockade stone stone-projectors stood storey straight stretches Thasos thick Thuc town upper wall wall-walk width wooden