• Roman siege engines were, for the most part, adapted from Hellenistic siege technology. Relatively small efforts were made to develop the technology;...
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    rulers to make use of siege engines to a large extent were Philip II of Macedonia and Alexander the Great. Their large engines spurred an evolution that...
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    A Roman siege tower or breaching tower (or in the Middle Ages, a belfry) is a specialized siege engine, constructed to protect assailants and ladders while...
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  • This is a list of siege engines invented through history. A siege engine is a weapon used to destroy fortifications such as defensive walls, castles, bunkers...
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    Onager (weapon) (redirect from Siege Onager)
    The onager (UK: /ˈɒnədʒə/, /ˈɒnəɡə/; US: /ˈɑːnədʒər/) was a Roman torsion powered siege engine. It is commonly depicted as a catapult with a bowl, bucket...
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    ship-borne siege engine which was invented by Heracleides of Tarentum and was first used unsuccessfully by Marcus Claudius Marcellus during the Roman siege of...
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    Battering ram (redirect from Siege Ram)
    A battering ram is a siege engine that originated in ancient times and was designed to break open the masonry walls of fortifications or splinter their...
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    Mangonel (category Roman siege engines)
    it replaced torsion powered siege engines such as the ballista and onager. The rapid displacement of torsion siege engines was probably due to a combination...
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    Cheiroballistra (category Roman siege engines)
    portable versions might also have existed, similar to crossbows. Roman siege engines Warry, J. (1995). Warfare in the Classical World. P. 178 Salamander...
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    scorpion was a type of Roman torsion siege engine and field artillery piece. It was described in detail by the early-imperial Roman architect and engineer...
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    Ballista (category Roman siege engines)
    "Ordinary siege engines of the trebuchet and ballista varieties remained in Ireland until at least the late 15th century, arrow-firing engines being recorded...
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    De architectura (category Roman siege engines)
    construction of machines – Roman siege engines, water mills, drainage machines, Roman technology, hoisting, pneumatics Roman architects were skilled in...
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    Carroballista (category Roman siege engines)
    problem, due to scarce evidence, as clearly stated by Alan Wilkins. Roman siege engines Ballista elephant About this hypothesis and a proposal of reconstruction...
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    Archimedes to burn Roman ships Roman siege engines – Adapted from Hellenistic siege technology Sambuca (siege engine) – Ship-borne siege engine Young, C. K....
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    Siege in ancient Rome was one of the techniques used by the Roman army to achieve ultimate victory, although pitched battles were considered the only...
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    mostly obsolete. Preceding the development of torsion siege engines were tension siege engines that had existed since at least the beginning of the 4th...
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  • Catapulta (category Roman siege engines)
    scorpiones. The catapulta was made of wood and were placed on stands. Roman siege engines Pitassi, Michael (2010). The Navies of Rome. Boydell & Brewer. p...
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    The siege of Carthage was the main engagement of the Third Punic War fought between Carthage and Rome. It consisted of the nearly-three-year siege of the...
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    position, sought to hinder Roman efforts. When the banks were complete, Pompey erected siege towers and brought up siege engines and battering rams from...
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  • of Roman power". The bridge was intended to show otherwise. Although most Roman siege engines were adaptations from earlier Greek designs, the Romans were...
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  • engines from the Romans. The Romans had achieved and maintained a high degree of sophistication in siege warfare and had developed a range of siege machines...
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    The Siege of Jerusalem of 70 CE was the decisive event of the First Jewish–Roman War (66–73 CE), in which the Roman army led by future emperor Titus besieged...
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    ramp were created in order to facilitate Roman siege engines but the Jewish rebels capitulated before the Roman attack had begun. The rebels were allowed...
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    typically coupled with attempts to reduce the fortifications by means of siege engines, artillery bombardment, mining (also known as sapping), or the use of...
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    several losses in engagements with the Romans. Fearing a long siege and the destruction the Roman siege engines would cause in their towns, the Lusitanians...
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    Third Punic War (category Wars involving the Roman Republic)
    the Roman army and navy, while Hippo was fruitlessly besieged. A Carthaginian sortie from Hippo destroyed the Roman siege engines, causing the Romans to...
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    Janiculum in Rome. The Roman military technology ranged from personal equipment and armament to deadly siege engines. Pilum (spear): The Roman heavy spear was...
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    Maniples Palatini Roman infantry tactics Testudo formation Military equipment Roman military personal equipment Roman siege engines Navy Fleet Decorations...
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    determined to remove all Roman imperial rule over Europe. However, it was only when the Avars began moving forward heavy siege equipment towards the Theodosian...
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    Brabant and the Holy Roman Empire under the command of King Edward III of England besieged the French city of Tournai. This siege would end in the Truce...
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