02-11-2007, 02:59 PM
Mike,
Looking at the photo above, could there be a case for no crenellations at all from the earlier phase of construction. The colouration of the bricks above the stringing courses (battlement floor level?) is different from the colouration of the bricks forming the battlement itself. I have looked at the other pictures but they do not really help. How necessary would crenellations have been during the Tiberian period for what was effectively a barracks for the Praetorian Guard? Just a thought.
If, in the alternative, there were indeed crenellations upon the original structure I tend towards broad merlons. :?
Looking at the photo above, could there be a case for no crenellations at all from the earlier phase of construction. The colouration of the bricks above the stringing courses (battlement floor level?) is different from the colouration of the bricks forming the battlement itself. I have looked at the other pictures but they do not really help. How necessary would crenellations have been during the Tiberian period for what was effectively a barracks for the Praetorian Guard? Just a thought.
If, in the alternative, there were indeed crenellations upon the original structure I tend towards broad merlons. :?
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