 | William Guthrie, John Gray - World history - 1764 - 590 pages
...this city, according to Herodotus, were (even in number, all of a circular form, and gradually rifing above each other by the height of the battlements of each wall, the ground rifing by an eafy afcent, and favouring the dcfign. The outermpil was 178 furlongs in circuit,... | |
 | Anne Wilson - History, Ancient - 1809 - 332 pages
...minutely described by Herodotus. They were seven in number, all of a circular form, and gradually rising above each other, by the height of the battlements of each wall. The royal palace and treasury were within the innermost circle of the seven. The first of these walls had... | |
 | Egypt - 1841 - 214 pages
...According to this historian, they were seven in number, all of a circular form, and gradually rising above each other, by the height of the battlements of each wall. The situation of the ground, rising by an easy ascent, was very favourable to the design of building them,... | |
 | Edward Farr - 1850 - 346 pages
...According to this historian, they were seven in number, all of a circular form, and gradually rising above each other, by the height of the battlements of each wall. The situation of the ground, rising by an easy ascent, was very favourable to the design of building them,... | |
 | George Smith - History, Ancient - 1853 - 464 pages
...minutely described by Herodotus. They were seven in number, all of a circular form, and gradually rising above each other by the height of the battlements of each wall. The situation of the ground, sloping by an easy ascent, was very favourable to the design of building them,... | |
 | George Smith - Civilization, Ancient - 1854 - 696 pages
...minutely described by Herodotus. They are seven in number, all of a circular form, and gradually rising above each other by the height of the battlements of each wall. The situation of the ground, sloping by an easy ascent, was very favourable to the design of building them,... | |
 | George Smith - History, Ancient - 1855 - 676 pages
...minutely described by Herodotus. They are seven in number, all of a circular form, and gradually rising above each other by the height of the battlements of each wall. The situation of the ground, sloping by an easy ascent, was very favourable to the design of building them,... | |
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They were seven in number, all of a circular form, and gradually rising above each other by the height of the battlements of each wall. The situation of the ground, sloping by an easy ascent, was very favourable to the design of building them, and perhaps... 