Artillery range, 1st Century AD

[D B Campbell]

I was thinking specifically of Marsden's description of the curtain wall at Side (TT pages 122-3) and the accompanying diagram on p. 156.

I cannot lay my hands on accurate information about Side at the moment. (The relevant publication appears to be S.M. Mansel, Die Ruinen von Side, Berlin 1963.) Marsden's sketch is a little unclear, because he has included stippling and shadows!

The suggestion that the smaller slit to the right of the casemate might have accomadated an observer is very interesting.

This was the suggestion of Fred Winter (Phoenix 13, 1959, p. 191, with an even worse sketch of Side!), who has some interesting observations on Greek fortifications in general.