Besieged: Siege Warfare in the Ancient World (General Military)

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The good warleaders and generals, including Darius, Alexander the Great, Hannibal and Julius Caesar successfully used siegecraft to achieve their objectives. As siege tactics was integral to success in war, generals employed the minds of engineers and scientists to develop tactics, and offensive and defensive technology to offer them the brink over their enemies. The mathematician Archimedes used to be famously and very practically involved within the defense of Syracuse in 213-12 BC. Soldiers was highly skilled combat engineers.

The book tracks the superb developments in siege warfare through a period of nine centuries and includes details of the evolution of the artillery of the era – spear- and stone-firing catapults. Full-color artwork, many drawings and plans, photographs of archeological finds and reconstructions fortify expert but accessible text on this fascinating study of a less familiar facet of the ancient art of war.

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