Greek and Roman Artillery
Technical Treatises (Oxford University Press Academic Monograph Reprints)
E. W. Marsden
Discover the mechanical progress in Greek and Roman artillery over five hundred years with this book! It includes five Greek and Latin treatises, each with an English translation and extensive notes containing explanatory diagrams that reconstruct the machines. Other chapters discuss and reconstruct the 4th-century ballista and the onager based on various sources.
Publish Date
1971-12-31T00:00:00.000Z
1971-12-31T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
4
ISBN
9780198142690
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
2017-08-30T01:06:48.000Z
This is definitely the first book that has brought together my interest in ancient history, ancient languages and woodworking. – source