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The walls enclosed 15 hectares (37 acres) and had 35 bastions projecting in front of the wall. The southern wall was more vulnerable than the others as it was overlooked by a slope outside, and hence the southern gate was recessed from the wall, which was also thicker in this area, and a moat was dug
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Dominic Moreau & Jean-Philippe Carrié, "L’agglomération romaine d’Abritus (Mésie inférieure / Mésie seconde) : sources textuelles et bilan archéologique", in Chr. Freu, S. Janniard & A. Ripoll (eds.), Libera curiositas.
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International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies Ingolstadt 2015 - Akten des 23. Internationalen Limeskongresses in Ingolstadt 2015
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