circuit-wall

For it was outside the circuit-wall and entirely without defenders.

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[113] Procopius neglects to say that the tomb was across the river from the circuit-wall at this point, at the end of a bridge (Pons Aelius) which faced the gate (Porta Cornelia) which he calls the Aurelian Gate.

Procopius History of the Wars, Books V. and VI. Procopius

But Belisarius had a suspicion of all this (for he had heard it from the deserters), and also the circuit-wall had not as yet been completed entirely, and for these reasons he did not think it possible for his men to go out against the enemy for the present, but he was making his preparations within as well as possible.

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Now so long as not many defenders were seen at the battlement, the Goths kept pressing on, having hopes of destroying all those who had been shut out and of overpowering the men who held the circuit-wall.

Procopius History of the Wars, Books V. and VI. Procopius

And Belisarius offered great sums of money to the artisans engaged in the building trade and to the general throng of workmen, and by this means he dug a trench deserving of great admiration about the circuit-wall, and setting stakes close together along it he made an excellent stockade about the fortifications.

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For this reason, then, Gontharis did not hope that even the Moors would trust him and come inside the circuit-wall, but he made this move in order that Areobindus, falling into great fear, might straightway rush off in flight, and, abandoning Carthage as quickly as he could, might betake himself to Byzantium.

History of the Wars, Books III and IV (of 8) The Vandalic War Procopius

For he thought that it would be impossible in a short time to restore such a circuit-wall to a safe condition.

History of the Wars, Books III and IV (of 8) The Vandalic War Procopius

For the circuit-wall of Carthage had been so neglected that in many places it had become accessible to anyone who wished and easy to attack.

History of the Wars, Books III and IV (of 8) The Vandalic War Procopius

And after settling these matters he returned to the Roman camp, which they had made entirely in front of the circuit-wall, distributing among themselves the guarding of each gate.

History of the Wars, Books III and IV (of 8) The Vandalic War Procopius

He then dug a moat around the whole circuit-wall and made all the other preparations for the siege in the best manner possible.

Procopius History of the Wars, Books V. and VI. Procopius