Greek and Roman artillery; technical treatises [by] E.W. Marsden.

Main entry:

Marsden, Eric William.

Title & Author:

Greek and Roman artillery; technical treatises [by] E.W. Marsden.

Publication:

Oxford, Clarendon P., 1971.

Description:

xviii, 278 pages 19 plates, illustrations (some color) 24 cm

Notes:
Text in Greek or Latin, and English.
Includes bibliographical references (pages xiii-xv).
Introduction -- The Artillery manual of Heron -- Bitons's construction of war machines and artillery -- the artillery manual of Philon -- Vitruvius' artillery (Vitr. x, 10, 11, and 12) -- Heron's Cheiroballistra -- The arrow-shooting ballistra of the fourth century A.D. and later -- The onager.
Dust jacket.

ISBN:

0198142692
9780198142690

Subject:

Catapult.
Ballista.
Balistes.
Catapultes.
slingshots.
ballistae.
Antiquities.
Artillerie
Antike
Catapult Greece.
Catapult Rome.
Ballista Greece.
Ballista Rome.
Military art and science Greece Sources.
Military art and science Rome Sources.
Greece Military antiquities.
Rome Military antiquities.
Grèce Antiquités militaires.
Rome Antiquités militaires.
Greece.
Rome (Empire)
Griechenland
Römisches Reich

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Location: Library main 111637
Call No.: ID:94-B80
Status: Available

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