“For siege works against bold and venturesome men should be constructed on one plan, on another against cautious men, and on still another against the cowardly.”

—  Vitruvius , book De architectura

Source: De architectura (The Ten Books On Architecture) (~ 15BC), Book X, Chapter XVI, Sec. 1

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