Ancient and Medieval Siege Weapons

<DIV>In this richly illustrated guide author Konstantin Nossov masterfully analyzes and recreates the weaponry tactics and stratagems of the ancient world. He offers first a comprehensive history of siege warfare in Ancient Egypt Assyria Judea Persia Greece and Rome as well as Gaul the Byzantine Empire the Muslim world and Medieval Europe. Discover among other weapons how scaling ladders battering rams borers siege towers throwing machines and finally cannons developed over time. Numerous charts illustrations photographs and tables explain how engineers constructed and adjusted these weapons and how warriors employed them on the battlefield. Chapters on methods of attack and defense show the weapons in action and reveal the various strategies used to implement and to overcome them. Based on an in-depth analysis of the work of ancient engineers historians and generals—including Apollodorus Herodotus Julius Caesar Leonardo da Vinci Livy Plutarch Thucydides Vitruvius and others—<I>Ancient and Medieval Siege Weapons</I> not only shows you how to recreate the siege weapons themselves but provides a deeper clearer picture of the history of war.<BR /></DIV>