Fortification: Did you mean...?

Tiryns was a major Mycenaean centre, the magnificent walled fortifications visible today date from the 13th century BCE. The large size of the stones of the walls led the ancient Greeks to believe they were the work of the Cyclopes.

A map of Roman limes, located outside the city of Trier, in present-day Germany.

A portion of the fortifications at the site of Mari, modern-day Tell Hariri, Syria. Mari's fortifications entered their most advanced stage in the 19th century BCE when the city and the rest of the region were under threat...

The Citadel of Mycenae, occupied from late Neolithic times until the twelfth century BCE. The Mycenaean civilization was at its peak from 1350-1200 BCE and it is from this period that the fortifications acquired the form seen today.

A photograph of German troops having captured the French fortifications at Maubeuge in the early stages of the First World War (1914-18). Imperial War Museums, London.

The reconstructed gate of the Roman fort Biriciana in Weißenburg (Germany) along the Limes Germanicus. Biriciana was the garrison of the Ala I Hispanorum Auriana between the last years of the 1st...

Detail of the 'Cyclopean' walls of the south tower of Mycenaean Tiryns (13th century BCE).

The view to the south from the upper citadel of Mycenae looking towards Argos (1350 BCE).

Akrokorinth as seen from the second gate Fortifications dating back to classical times and used continually down to the Venetians

The walls of Lugo in northern Spain were built in the later part of the 3rd century A.D. to defend the Roman town of Lucus. The entire circuit survives intact and is the finest example of late Roman fortifications...