Contravallation
Contravallation Contravallation is a standard military tactic of siege ... the resulting fortifications (known as 'lines of contravallation'). Lines of contravallation generally consist of earth ramparts and entrenchments ... besieged within their lines of circumvallation and contravallation. The circumvallation and contravallation tactic has ...
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Circumvallation
... lines of circumvallation, known as 'lines of contravallation'. This envelopes the city in a double ... besieged within its lines of circumvallation and contravallation. The circumvallation and contravallation tactic has the advantage of making it ...
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Battle of Alesia
... open circle shows the weakness in the contravallation line Alesia was a hill-top fort ... of a second line of fortifications, the contravallation, facing outward and encircling his army between ... Gauls, commanded by Commius, attacked Caesar's contravallation wall. Vercingetorix ordered a simultaneous attack from ...
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... Scheffler Other Carpe Jugulum Allan Mallinson Stagira Contravallation Concentric castle Jonathan Dimbleby Arrow slit Murder ... Story Makers Milton Wordsworth Allan Mallinson Stagira Contravallation Concentric castle Jonathan Dimbleby Arrow slit Murder ...
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Dictionario Romanico 021 (Romanica wiki)
... ITALIANO: PORTUGESE: v [Fortif.] contravalar UNDE: [edit] contravallation n ANGLESE: [Fortif.] contravallation ESPANIOL: FRANCESE: ITALIANO: PORTUGESE: sub [Fortif.] contravalação ...
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Roman infantry tactics, strategy and battle formations
... camp near the city with walls of Contravallation and at the command 'turres extruere' (watch ...
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List of established military terms
... fire Scuttling Weather gage Siege Siege circumvallation contravallation escalade Forlorn hope Chevaux de frise sword ...
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Invest (disambiguation)
... fortress means to surround it with a contravallation and a circumvallation. This is a disambiguation ...
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Category:Fortification
... Citadel Compound (fortification) Concentric castle Concertina wire Contravallation Counterscarp Crannog Crenel D Defensive wall Dragon ...
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