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036 - Titus Gebel: Medieval City-States
Free Cities Podcast
The Advantages of City Walls in War
Every CD that was not totally small had a wall around it. The advantage of having city walls is that before you had a wall, then there were just armies of prince principalities and they were hired mercenaries or whatever. In absence of a standing army, there was an obligation for the people in the city to defend the city. And so far it's until today that rich city states like Monica and Singapore have a particular effort in security.
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