![Illustration of a Spartan siege wall.](https://www.historynet.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/walls-of-circumvallation-mh-spring-2023.jpg)
Walls of circumvallation were designed to keep a besieged enemy in and potential relief forces out. Despite such measures, Plataeans managed to slip the noose. (Peter Connolly (AKG-Images))
Peter Connolly (AKG-Images)
Walls of circumvallation were designed to keep a besieged enemy in and potential relief forces out. Despite such measures, Plataeans managed to slip the noose. (Peter Connolly (AKG-Images))
Peter Connolly (AKG-Images)