Events Tagged: "fortification"

Celtic oppida urbanization begins - fortified towns with organized streets, markets, coin mints, populations reaching 10,000

Hadrian's Wall construction begins - 73-mile wall from Wallsend to Bowness, marks permanent northern frontier of Roman Britain

Antonine Wall built - turf wall across Scotland from Forth to Clyde, Romans attempt to hold Lowlands

Burghal Hidage established - Alfred assigns hides to maintain fortified burghs, 1 man per 4 feet of wall, revolutionary defense system

Harald Bluetooth strengthens Danevirke - massive earthwork fortification against German expansion

Philip Augustus builds walls around Paris - massive fortifications including Louvre fortress, Paris becomes true capital

Monge develops descriptive geometry for military engineering and technical drawing

Jean-Victor Poncelet develops projective geometry for fortification sight lines and artillery angles