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词条 List of Siege engines
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  1. By age, oldest to newest

  2. Further reading

  3. References

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This is a list of siege engines invented through history. A siege engine is a weapon used to destroy fortifications such as walls, castles, bunkers and fortified gates.

By age, oldest to newest

Name Image Date Location Notes
Battering ram 503 BCE Assyria First siege engine recorded to be used, soon adopted by Sparta.[1]
Catapult 400 BCE Greece A signature siege engine, used until world war I.[2]
Ballista 400 BCE Syracuse, Sicily A very large and powerful crossbow.[3]
Trebuchet 4th Century BCE China Similar to the catapult, but uses a swinging arm to launch projectiles. It is usually considered to be stronger than the catapult.[4]
Helepolis 305 BCE Rhodes Roman siege tower first used in Rhodes.[5]
Artillery First seen in 14th century, only called artillery around the 15th and 16th century [6] China After the invention of gunpowder in China, the ability to create firearms and siege artillery was open, siege technology advanced from here but, under the artillery category. There is fewer use for this kind of technology today after the invention of rockets and high grade explosives.[7]

Further reading

  • Siege Engines
  • Battering Ram
  • Catapult
  • Ballista
  • Helepolis

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.lordsandladies.org/the-battering-ram.htm|title=The Battering Ram - lordsandladies|accessdate=24 May 2017}}
2. ^{{cite web|author=Baintighearn Aimiliona Tevnane CW|url=http://www.midrealm.org/mkyouth/links/catapults.htm |title=Catapult History and Modern Day Construction - midrealm|accessdate=25 May 2017}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.lordsandladies.org/ballista.htm|title=Ballista - lordsandladies|accessdate=24 May 2017}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.lordsandladies.org/trebuchet.htm|title=Trebuchet - lordsandladies|accessdate=24 May 2017}}
5. ^{{cite web|author=Article by James Yates, M.A., F.R.S.|url=http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Helepolis.html |title=Helepolis - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, John Murray, London, 1875|date=6 August 2012|accessdate=25 May 2017}}
6. ^{{cite web|author=Andrew Knighton|url=https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/12-key-moments-history-artillery.html|title=12 Key Moments in the History of Artillery|date=25 November 2015|accessdate=21 October 2017}}
7. ^{{cite web|author=Ian Vernon Hogg|url=https://www.britannica.com/technology/artillery|title=Artillery|date=28 December 2011|accessdate=21 October 2017}}

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