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Sambuca (siege engine) (756 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

sambuca for a ship-mounted siege tower. Vegetius used the term sambuca as the name given to the assault ramp mounted on a siege tower. The name sambuca, is

Siege of Pirisabora (518 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

acropolis. After some failed attempts, the Romans began to construct a siege tower, after which Mamersides reached a compromise with Julian to hand over

Clorinda (Jerusalem Delivered) (346 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

her in Canto 3. During a night battle in which she sets the Christian siege tower on fire, she is killed by Tancredi, who does not recognise her in her

Masada (miniseries) (1,698 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

breaking through the Masada walls with the aid of a 50-foot (15.24 m) siege tower that is being constructed out of sight of the rebels. When Eleazar successfully

Siege of Ariminum (538) (1,079 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Shortly afterwards, Vitiges besieged the town. Vitiges quickly built a siege tower which, unlike during the siege of Rome, was not pulled by oxen, but moved

Bernard de Tremelay (341 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

at that time controlled by Fatimid Egypt. The Templars constructed a siege tower, which was burned down by the Egyptian soldiers inside Ascalon. The wind

Biton of Pergamon (388 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Zopyrus of Tarentum are termed gastraphetes. He also describes helepolis (siege tower) built by Poseidonios the Macedonian and the sambuca built by Damis of

Siege of Varna (1201) (461 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

To take the fortress the Bulgarian engineers constructed an enormous siege tower which was wider that the outer moat. With the help of the siege equipment

Le Chaffaut-Saint-Jurson (204 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

balcony according to Ernest Nègre, from catafalicum, meaning scaffold or siege tower according to Bénédicte and Jean-Jacques Fénié. Saint-Jurson is a deformation

Eustace III, Count of Boulogne (782 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

his actions during the Siege of Jerusalem fighting relentlessly from a siege tower along with his brother Godfrey and the crusaders they commanded. They

Battle of Haengju (1,034 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

retaliated with arrows, cannons, and hwacha. After three attacks, one with siege tower, and one where Ishida Mitsunari was wounded, Ukita Hideie managed to

304 BC (428 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Demetrius shows ingenuity in devising a new siege engine: a wheeled siege tower named Helepolis (or "Taker of Cities"), which stands 40 meters tall and

1218 (1,605 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

chronicler Oliver of Paderborn: two ships are bound together, with a siege tower and ladder constructed on top. August 24 – After a fierce fight, the

Siege of Masada (1,772 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the spring of 73, after probably two to three months of siege. A giant siege tower with a battering ram was constructed and moved laboriously up the completed

Siege of Cyzicus (885 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of Thessaly, Mithridates' chief engineer, began assembling a 150-foot siege tower, battering rams, catapults, and other siege weaponry, including giant

Colossus of Rhodes (3,669 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

various weapons Demetrius's army left behind, and the abandoned second siege tower may have been used for scaffolding around the lower levels during construction

Siege of Fort Watson (796 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the American Revolutionary War 19th-century engraving depicting the siege tower Belligerents United States Great Britain Commanders and leaders Francis

Siege of Damietta (1218–1219) (1,220 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

were bound together, and four masts and sailyards were built, with a siege tower and ladder constructed on top. The structure was then covered with a

Polyidus of Thessaly (196 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

ram. The same engineer was also remembered as the builder of a giant siege tower (helepolis) at Byzantium during Philip's siege of 340 BC. Alexander routinely

Siege of Bodenburg (473 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mounted Huns, 3 catapults, 4 movable parapets, 4 scaling ladders, and a siege tower. The attacker wins if he eliminates all of the defender's knights or

Redwall (TV series) (2,820 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

dormouse to kidnap Cornflower as ransom, burning the gates, using a siege tower, and sneaking his soldiers in with a visiting local circus. Every single

Siege of Jinju (1592) (1,446 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

charged and began to bring ladders to scale the wall. They also brought a siege tower to try to gain the higher ground. As a counter, the Koreans unleashed

Israelite Tower (1,024 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

ISBN 978-965-06-1075-3. Singer, Suzanne F. (2011). "Jerusalem's Babylonian Siege Tower". In Corbet, Joey (ed.). Top Ten Biblical Archaeology Discoveries (PDF)

Mangonel (4,160 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

variously interpreted as a battering ram, a stone-throwing trebuchet, and a siege tower. Theophylact's account is vague on descriptions of the device and why

Belisarius (13,949 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

however, John refused to leave the city. John managed to prevent the siege tower used by the Goths from reaching the walls which caused Vitiges to withdraw

300s BC (decade) (2,144 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Demetrius shows ingenuity in devising a new siege engine: a wheeled siege tower named Helepolis (or "Taker of Cities"), which stands 40 meters tall and

Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester (1,940 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

abandoned the attempt when eighty of his men were killed whilst working on a siege tower that fell and knocked them into a trench, suffocating them all. In 1145

Michael Shishman of Bulgaria (3,000 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was a failure despite the Byzantines use of a 100-soldier, five-story siege tower. While the Byzantine army was engaged at Philipopolis, Michael Shishman

Godfrey of Bouillon (4,442 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was born. The army reached the city in June 1099 and built a wooden siege tower (from lumber provided by some Italian sailors who intentionally scrapped

Age of Empires IV (2,558 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

(heavy melee cavalry, general purpose unit) Siege units (Battering Ram, Siege Tower, Mangonel, Counterweight Trebuchet, Springald, Bombard) Naval units Combat

Samurai (19,886 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Nagashino castle (1575) a cannon was used to good effect against an enemy siege tower. The first popular cannon in Japan were swivel-breech loaders named kunikuzushi

Total War Saga: Troy (1,285 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the history". For instance, the Trojan horse would be an earthquake, a siege tower, or a massive wooden structure instead of a huge, wooden horse. While

Jerusalem Delivered (3,152 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

her (Canto 3). During a night battle in which she sets the Christian siege tower on fire, she is mistakenly killed by Tancredi, but she converts to Christianity

Landship (2,162 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

cannons. The largest of them all was the ancient Helepolis, a superheavy siege tower from ancient Greece that was 40 meters tall, 20 meters wide, 160 tons

Hellenistic period (18,897 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

siege of Rhodes when he had Epimachos of Athens build a massive 160 ton siege tower named Helepolis, filled with artillery. The term Hellenistic is a modern

Planescape: Torment (8,662 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

on fighting evil forces; Coaxmetal, a giant golem confined inside the siege tower in Sigil's Lower Ward who forges weapons for the inhabitants of the planes

Rodrigo Martínez (2,028 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Siege tower like the one in which Rodrigo was mortally wounded.

Ironclad (film) (2,267 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

men leave if they wish; none accept. A second assault sees the Danes' siege tower destroyed by a trebuchet crafted by the defenders from within the castle

Gim Si-min (1,004 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

charged and began to bring ladders to scale the wall. They also brought a siege tower to try to gain the higher ground. As a counter, the Koreans unleashed

Siege of Rhodes (88 BC) (1,257 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

(The Besieger). Demetrius' engineers had created a large mechanised siege tower called the Helepolis, but despite this taunting technology Rhodes came

Knightfall (TV series) (4,470 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

thwarted thanks to a Templar archer. When King Philip's army try to build a siege tower, Landry leads an expedition into the camp and successfully sabotages

Richard Bingham (soldier) (3,553 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

stripped all the timber from the rood screen and constructed a 'sow' or siege tower to attack the castle. The attack failed and Bingham's forces were routed

Sligo Abbey (3,389 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rood screen, using it and other timber from the building to build a siege tower for his unsuccessful attack on the castle. After the war, at the beginning

Battle of Tangier (1437) (10,763 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

assault on the city. Their scaling ladders were now extended, a new siege tower had been built and the two larger ordnance cannons shipped in from Ceuta

Magic: The Gathering World Championship (9,859 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Championship Doran Rock Main Deck: Sideboard: 4 Birds of Paradise 4 Doran, the Siege Tower 1 Hypnotic Specter 3 Llanowar Elves 4 Ohran Viper 3 Shriekmaw 4 Tarmogoyf

1210s (12,250 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

chronicler Oliver of Paderborn: two ships are bound together, with a siege tower and ladder constructed on top. August 24 – After a fierce fight, the

Palazzo Bernardo e Giuseppe De Franchi (471 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of the salon is depicted the siege of Jerusalem with the help of the siege tower, and in the six surrounding panels the stories of Godfrey of Bouillon

Assalut of Yelets (986 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Siege tower

History of mechanical engineering (3,326 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

turning. They were also one of the first armies to use the move-able siege tower and battering ram. The application of mechanical engineering can be seen