Para undagi bénténg ring Eropa Kauh sampun keni panglimbak saking sesukatan Romawi; bénténg saking Romawi ring "pasisi Saxon" Inggris kawigunayang malih miwah ring Spanyol témbok sajebag kota Ávila nganutin sesikotan saking Romawi duk kawangun ring warsa 1091.
The castle builders of Western Europe were aware of and influenced by Roman design; late Roman coastal forts on the English "Saxon Shore" were reused and in Spain the wall around the city of Ávila imitated Roman architecture when it was built in 1091.