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A view of the main street of Sirkap, the second city of Taxila

Artist's impression of an army in front of a large city wall, most likely during Late Antiquity or the early Middle Ages. While this does not depict any specific event, the walls may represent the Theodosian Walls of Constantinople.

Arrival of the French Expeditionary Corps into Mexico City, 10 June 1863, oil-on-canvas painting by Jean-Adolphe Beaucé, 1868. Collections of the Palace of Versailles.

Amicia de Rune standing in front of the ramparts of a Medieval city in the video game A Plague Tale: Innocence.

View on the ruins of the sunken city of Simena in ancient Lycia, modern-day Turkey. Photo provided by Peter Sommer Travels and republished with permission.

Street view - Chester City, Cheshire, England.

Part of the Chester City Wall from Northgate to Phoenix Tower - seen from the North. Built between 70 - 80 CE.

This is a modern watercolour sketch of how a Roman city under attack may have looked like.

Slave market in Wall Street, New York City, c. 1730. Drawing published in A History of the American People (1902-1903), attributed to Harry Fenn. New York Public Library Digital Collections.

This is the lower register (of two registers; the upper one is not shown) which shows yoked captives and their Assyrian escort. Shalmaneser III's military campaign in northern Syria, attack on the city of Dabigu, c. 858 BCE. Detail, bronze...