PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Illustrations of history@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoConstruction of the Serpent's Wall, Medieval Ukrainelemmy.worldimagemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up1134arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoI was assuming they filled those squares with some kind of concrete. But the article isn’t really clear.
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 days agoJust dirt. The article calls them earthworks and compares the wall to a Romam vallum, which was an earth rampart with a wooden palisade on top
I was assuming they filled those squares with some kind of concrete. But the article isn’t really clear.
Just dirt. The article calls them earthworks and compares the wall to a Romam vallum, which was an earth rampart with a wooden palisade on top