P
- Palicium, [55]
- Palisade and stockade, use of, [5], [25], [26], [29], [32], [36], [40], [45], [46], [52], [53], [55], [58], [59], [61], [65], [66], [67], [68], [73], [89]
- Pantry, [54]
- Parapets, [79], [80], [82], [102], [242], [245], [246]
- Parvise, [192]
- Pele, [229], [312]
- Pele-towers, [185], [219], [220], [312], [315], [316]
- Pele-yard, [315]
- Pent-houses, [62], [64], [79]
- Petraria, [73]
- Pierrière, [73]
- Pomerium, [292], [295]
- Porta decumana, [19];
- praetoria, [19];
- principalis, [19]
- Portcullis, [70], [96], [227], [229]
- Porte-coulis, [70]
- Postern, [247], [251]
- Praetorium, [14], [18]
- Promontories, early camps on, [1], [2]
- Propugnaculum, [89]
Q
- Quincunx, [60]
R
- Ram, [69], Viollet-le-Duc; [63], [64], [68], [78], [79];
- devices against, [79]
- Rampart-walk, [241], Viollet-le-Duc; [79], [80], [89], [102];
- [see] also Keep
- Ravelin, [215]
- Revetment, walls of, [186]
- Roman military science, [59]-[62], [73]
- —— occupation of Britain, [10]-[20]
- —— roads in Britain, [11], [12], [25]
- —— stations, [10], [12]-[20]
- —— wall in Northumberland and Cumberland, [11], A. Thompson (after Bruce); [10], [11], [14], [15], [16], [17], [19], [21], [25]
S
- Saxon invasions of Britain, [21], [22]
- —— shore, fortresses of, [12], [22]
- —— towns and villages, [23], [24]
- Scaling, [58];
- scaling-ladders, [61], [70], [71]
- Scorpio, [73]
- Shutter in embrasure, [245], Viollet-le-Duc; [242]
- Siegecraft, engines used in, [68]-[77];
- [see] Catapult
- Sieges—
- of Alesia, [59]-[61]
- of Antioch, [164], [241]
- of Château-Gaillard, [70], [71], [73], [76], [77], [163], [215], [216]
- of Constantinople, [164]
- of London by Danes, [64], [65]
- of Marseilles, [61], [62]
- of Paris, [63], [64]
- of Le Puiset, [67], [68]
- Slingers, [58]
- Solar, solarium, [192], [193]
- Sow, [68]
- Spur at base of towers, [175], [185]
- Stakes used as missiles, [61]
- Stimuli, [61]
- Stockade, [see] Palisade
T
- Terebra, [68]
- Testudo, [62], [68]
- Tête-du-pont, [63], [234], [326]
- Teutonic origin of mount-and-bailey castle, conjectural, [51]
- Timbrian, [29]
- Tortoise, [68];
- [see] Testudo
- Tower at siege of Marseilles, [62]
- Tower, great, [see] Keep
- Towers on ramparts, [60], [61], [161], [162], [164];
- in early Norman castles, [102]-4;
- [see] Flanking
- —— on walls of Roman stations, [15]-[17]
- —— strong, survivals of keep, [269], [281], [282]
- Towns; Saxon settlements, [23], [24]
- —— walled, [228], [288], Viollet-le-Duc;
- early, [64], [65];
- in relation to castles, [87]-[89]
- Trebuchet, [75], [76], Viollet-le-Duc; [76]
- Turrets on Roman wall, [11]