The Most Famous Walls of Antiquity: The History of the Ancient World's Greatest Defensive Fortifications

Throughout history, walls have been constructed as part of nations' and kingdoms' defensive structures to keep barbarian hordes, marauding rebels, and recalcitrant tribes out of defined geographic areas. Defensive walls were usually constructed by fairly advanced and sophisticated peoples, such as the Romans and Chinese, with varying degrees of success. Of course, the most famous of all defensive walls in the world is the Great Wall of China, which is actually a series of walls and forts bu...