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Page 202
... walls for 300 elephants ( the " heavy armour " of the Carthaginian land forces ) and for 4000 horses . Between the walls there were barracks for 20,000 infantry and for at least 4000 cavalry . The whole of the wall - girded peninsula ...
... walls for 300 elephants ( the " heavy armour " of the Carthaginian land forces ) and for 4000 horses . Between the walls there were barracks for 20,000 infantry and for at least 4000 cavalry . The whole of the wall - girded peninsula ...
Page 273
... walls far exceeded that of the Greek trading port of Byzantium . According to one ancient authority , the line of the landward walls was erected two miles west of the limits of the old town . Even so , within eighty years of its ...
... walls far exceeded that of the Greek trading port of Byzantium . According to one ancient authority , the line of the landward walls was erected two miles west of the limits of the old town . Even so , within eighty years of its ...
Page 370
... walls , could well have withstood the Crusaders , as it had withstood many other and larger armies . But once control of the sea had been lost , the fall of Constantinople was inevitable . The entrance to the Golden Horn was still ...
... walls , could well have withstood the Crusaders , as it had withstood many other and larger armies . But once control of the sea had been lost , the fall of Constantinople was inevitable . The entrance to the Golden Horn was still ...
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Aegean Alexandria allies ancient Arabs army Asia Minor Athenians Athens basin battle became British Byzantine Byzantine Empire Byzantium canal captured Carthage Carthaginians centre century B.C. Christian coast colonies conflict conquest Constantinople Corsica Crete Crusaders culture dominated early East eastern Mediterranean Egypt Emperor enemy English Etruscans Euboea Europe European fact fish fleet force Fourth Crusade France French galleys Gibraltar Greece Greek H. A. L. Fisher harbour Herodotus hundred Ionian island Italian Italy knights land later Levant Levanzo mainland Malta Maltese mast Mediter Moslem mountain Napoleon naval navigation navy North Africa northern oars Odysseus once Ottoman period Persian Phoenicians port ranean Rhodes rich Roman Empire Rome routes sail sailors Saint John Sardinia ships Sicilian Sicily siege southern Spain Spartans strait Syracuse territory throughout trade trireme troops Turkish Turks Vandals Venetians Venice vessels victory West western whole wind