were very broad(37-40 ft.); one, which may be the cardo maximus,measured as much as 47 ft. across. Beneath the mainstreets were sewers, in the usual fashion. Round thewhole town stood strong walls, reinforced at regularintervals by square projecting towers ; the four cornerswere not rounded but… … Fig. 27. IJA^ts OF Colonnade under Bailgate,Lincoln (p. 118). V. 117 ANCIENT TOWN-PLANNING 117 For a second example turn to a remote corner ofcentral Spain. The town of Numantia was famousin early days for its long struggle with the armiesof the Roman Republic. Under Roman rule it waswholly…
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