Building a Roman legionary fortress.

Building a Roman legionary fortress. ELIZABETH SHIRLEY. Building a Roman legionary fortress. 160 pages,52 figures, 8 tables. 2001. Stroud stroud?n.A coarse woolen cloth or blanket.[After Stroud, an urban district of southwest-central England.] & Charleston (SC): Tempus;0-7524-1911-0 paperback 17.99 [pounds sterling] & $29.99. Dr SHIRLEY's book is a very good idea too but hers treats afamiliar theme often handled vaguely. It is summed up in the tables andcharts. The tables calculate materials and labour for various timberbuildings by stage of construction, and for masonry masonry:see brick; concrete; stonework; tile. masonryCraft of building in stone, brick, or block. By 4000 BC, Egypt had developed an elaborate cut-stone technique. . The charts analyse an��a��lyse?v. Chiefly BritishVariant of analyze.analyseor US -lyzeVerb[-lysing, -lysed] or -lyzing, the sequences of tasks. Services are covered and supplies too. Good,clear illustrations are provided. Inchtuthill, of course, is the basicmodel. The text is straightforward and set out well with headings andsub-headings. A Roman engineer would have approved! See too DE LA BEDOYERE and JAMES & MILLETT in `Britain &Ireland' and ADKINS and STEPHENSON in `Paperback editions',below.