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Ancient town-planning (1913)

F. Haverfield · Oxford: Clarendon · leaf 46

An illustration from Ancient town-planning, 1913, leaf 46
atre,o. ■\Vater-reservoir. r. Race-course. Since the invention of artillery, the rectangular street-[)lan hasbeen regarded by soldiers as useful in defending the streets of a town.Aristotle, however, expressly observes in the Politics that, in streetwarfiire, tortuous lanes were far better than… … Fig. 7. Part of Priene as ExcAVAXEn 1895-8.From the large plan by Wiegand and Schrader (scale : about 1:3200).

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