 | John Kitto - 1845 - 932 σελίδες
...under the name of Agbatana, where the walls are built circle within circle, and are so constructed that each inner circle overtops its outer neighbour by...partly by the nature of the ground, a conical hill, and partly by the building itself. The number of the circles was seven, and within he innermost was... | |
 | William Sandys Wright Vaux - 1850 - 490 σελίδες
...city named Agbatana, with seven circular walls, so contrived, that each inner circle should overtop its outer neighbour by the height of the battlements...partly by the nature of the ground, a conical hill, and partly by the building itself. In the centre was the palace and the treasury. Each circle of battlements... | |
 | John Kitto - 1854 - 928 σελίδες
...under the name of Agbatana, where the walls are built circle within circle, and are so constructed that each inner circle overtops its outer neighbour by...partly by the nature of the ground, a conical hill, and partly by the building itself. Tlie number of the circles was seven, and within the innermost was... | |
 | John McClintock, James Strong - 1867 - 982 σελίδες
...built circle within circle, and are so constructed that each inner circle overtops its outer neighbor by the height of the battlements alone. This was effected...partly by the nature of the ground — a conical hill — and partly by the building itself. The number of the circles was seven, and within the innermost... | |
 | C; A. BLOSS. - 1867 - 452 σελίδες
...circle within circle, according to the following plan : Each innei circle overtops its outer neighbor, by the height of the battlements alone. This was effected...partly by the nature of the ground, a conical hill, and partly by the building itself. The number of circles was seven. The circumference of the outermost... | |
 | Celestia Angenette Bloss - 1870 - 502 σελίδες
...circle within circle, according to the following plan : Each innei circle overtops its outer neighbor, by the height of the battlements alone. This was effected...partly by the nature of the ground, a conical hill, and partly by the building itself. The number of circles was seven. The circumference of the outermost... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1880 - 710 σελίδες
...the name of Agbatana, where the walls are btiilt circle within circle, and are so constructed that each inner circle overtops its outer neighbour by...building itself. The number of the circles was seven, and within the innermost were built the palace and the treasury. The circumference of the outermost... | |
 | John McClintock - 1891 - 970 σελίδες
...built circle within circle, and arc so constructed that each inner circle overtops its outer neighbor by the height of the battlements alone. This was effected partly by the nature of the ground — a conical bill — and partly by the building itself. '1 he number of the circles was seven, and within the innermost... | |
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that great and strong city, now known under the name of Agbatana, where the walls are built circle within circle, and are so constructed that each inner circle overtops its outer neighbour by the height of the battlements alone. This was effected partly... 