Note 82 — Chapter I · CIVIL AND MILITARY ARCHITECTURE. (continued 2)
Walter Armstrong translation
Herodotus, i. 179. Herodotus says that the Chaldæans constructed buildings of a single chamber along each parapet of the wall, leaving room between them for a four-horse chariot to turn. His words are: ὲπάνω δὲ τοῦ τείχεος παρὰ τὰ ἔσχατα, οἰκήματα μουνόκωλα ἔδειμαν, τετραμμένα ἐς ἄλληλα· τὸ μέσον δὲ τῶν οἰκημάτων ἔλιπον τεθρίππῳ περιέλασιν.—Ed.