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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.

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 century CE and the end of the Limes in the...

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

An artist's impression of how the fortifications of a Hellenistic period city such as Syracuse may have looked like.

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 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

Ancient Egyptian Warfare developed from an army of conscripts in the Pre-Dynastic Period (circa 3150-2613 BCE) through the early era of the Middle Kingdom (2040-1782 BCE), supplied to the king by regional governors, to a standing professional...

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 in western Europe. Source...

The 'Roman Limes' represents the border line of the Roman Empire at its greatest extent in the 2nd century AD. It stretched over 5,000 km from the Atlantic coast of northern Britain, through Europe to the Black Sea, and from there to the...