Assertion: massive fortification | /r/CapableOf | limit the growth of the cities
Facets:
value: severely
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: However, these massive fortifications severely limited the growth of the cities, as it was much more difficult to move them as compared to the simple walls previously employed – to make matters worse, it was forbidden to build "outside the city gates" for strategic reasons and the cities became more and more densely populated as a result.