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Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 The Roman Era -- From Fortified Camp to Fortified Frontier -- Fortresses and Forts -- The Legionary Fortress -- Roman Strategy and the Army -- ch. 2 Fall of the Western Roman Empire -- The First Battles for Britain -- The Walls of Rome -- The Growth of Urban Fortifications -- ch. 3 The Dark Ages in the West Part I -- Collapse of the West and Rise of the East -- The Byzantine Empire Invades Italy -- The Kingdom of the Franks and the Role of Fortifications -- Roman Fortifications during the Dark Ages -- ch. 4 The Dark Ages in the West Part II -- Fortress War in Western Europe -- House of Cards: Europe on the Verge of Collapse -- The Great Siege of Paris -- ch. 5 Transition from The Dark Ages to the High Middle Ages -- Emergence of European States and the Castle -- Birth of the Castle -- The Motte-and-Bailey Castle -- From Motte and Bailey to the Classic Castle -- ch. 6 Beginning of the Classic Age of Castles -- the Twelfth Century -- The Rivals -- Castle Warfare -- Three Fortresses and the Impregnable Castle -- ch. 7 The Age of the Classic Castle -- Twelfth to Thirteenth Centuries -- The Game of Castles Continues -- King John's Last Castle Campaign -- Henry III -- Crusade in Languedoc -- ch. 8 From Wales to Italy -- Twelfth to Fifteenth Centuries -- The Welsh Wilderness -- Game of Castles: Edward's Iron Ring -- Land of Fortifications and Conflict.