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History of the Wars, Books V and VI

Note 69 — XIV

H. B. (Henry Bronson) Dewing translation

i.e. on the left of the defender. The battlement, then, in horizontal section, had this form , instead of the usual series of straight merlons. Winged merlons were used on the walls of Pompeii; for an excellent illustration see Overbeck, Pompeji4, p. 46.

Merlon formation
Merlon formation
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