The bitter truth took days to sink in, that there would be no relief and no help from the Romans sitting safe and sound behind their formidable fortifications.

Banks was a "Political General" and felt more comfortable with political organizing and social affairs than leading armies into the field against reputedly formidable fortifications.

At a glance Ramsey saw that it was a formidable fortification.

With these, you can build the most formidable fortifications in the known world.

The wall and towers refer to the town's former formidable fortifications; the three towers symbolize the three former town gates.

Montevideo had formidable fortifications and the Spanish controlled the Río de la Plata river.

They immediately began work on the formidable fortifications for which the city is still famous.

Kazumasa immediately began renovating the castle, and made it into a formidable fortification.

Agger An agger was a double rampart bearing formidable fortifications.

However, the lack of siege weapons, the steep slope up to the walls and the formidable fortifications made taking the castle by force impossible.