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Greek Battering Ram

Type Object Region Mediterranean Time c. -450–-200

A siege engine developed by Greek city-states during the Peloponnesian War, repeatedly striking walls with a large wooden ram or bronze-headed batter…

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  1. c. -450–-415Sicily · SicilyThe city-states of Sicily were the first to systematically employ battering rams and mobile siege sheds in their wars over territory, laying the foundation for siege techniques in the Greek world.
  2. -431–-404Greece and the Aegean coast · GreeceIn the Athenian expedition to Sicily and sieges elsewhere, battering rams combined with earthworks became one of the principal means of breaching stone walls.
  3. c. -350–-200Eastern Mediterranean coast · Eastern Mediterranean coastHistorians such as Diodorus record that Macedon and the successor kingdoms combined battering rams with catapults, advancing classical siege engineering to new heights.

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