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130 POMPEXANA.
The whole building was rather ad-
vanced; being placed at an acute angle,
formed by the walls of the city.
The gate now called of Nola, but
which faced the passage of the Sarnus, is
on the north-east side of the city. It is
not placed at right angles with that part
of the wall in which it is inserted, but in a
line with the street communicating there-
with, and, unlike that of Herculaneum, is
retired from the face of the fortification.
Two towers were constructed, guarding
the entrance of a sort of passage between
two parallel walls, leading to the gate-
way : which has but one arch, twenty-one
feet high and twelve wide; the gate being
placed four feet within it, or about fifty
from the face of the external walls.
The very ancient gate of the Lions at
Mycene is built on this plan; by which
the attacking party, who could only ad-
vance in small numbers, would, (cooped
up in a passage little wider than the gate-
way they approached), be exposed to great
The whole building was rather ad-
vanced; being placed at an acute angle,
formed by the walls of the city.
The gate now called of Nola, but
which faced the passage of the Sarnus, is
on the north-east side of the city. It is
not placed at right angles with that part
of the wall in which it is inserted, but in a
line with the street communicating there-
with, and, unlike that of Herculaneum, is
retired from the face of the fortification.
Two towers were constructed, guarding
the entrance of a sort of passage between
two parallel walls, leading to the gate-
way : which has but one arch, twenty-one
feet high and twelve wide; the gate being
placed four feet within it, or about fifty
from the face of the external walls.
The very ancient gate of the Lions at
Mycene is built on this plan; by which
the attacking party, who could only ad-
vance in small numbers, would, (cooped
up in a passage little wider than the gate-
way they approached), be exposed to great