Ancient warfare expert Roel Konijnendijk rates battle tactics such as the naval battle and gladiator fights depicted in "Gladiator II," starring Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, and Denzel Washington.

The articulated moveable siege ladder, usually referred to simply as the siege ladder, is one of a class of weapons used in offensive siege warfare. It is the simplest, and probably the oldest, of the ...

First used around the 4th century BCE, catapults were pivotal in siege warfare — used to hurl stones, burning pitch, or diseased carcasses over fortress walls.

The Siege of Rhodes (305-304 BC), led by Demetrius. Painting by Edmund Ollier. Wikimedia Commons Work hard, play harder Demetrius’ biographer, the ancient author Plutarch, tells us Demetrius had ...

News Release 9-Nov-2021 Siege ramps and breached walls: Ancient warfare and the Assyrian conquest of Lachish Peer-Reviewed Publication The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ...

The catapult was an ancient siege machine that could hurl heavy objects or shoot arrows with great force and for considerable distances. Some catapults could throw stones weighing as much as 350 ...

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Syrian government troops who have besieged dozens of rebel-held communities are moving toward their biggest target yet - the opposition-controlled neighborhoods of the city of ...

Beyond their bronze rams and powerful oars, the formidable warships, the triremes, of ancient Athens harbored a secret weapon ...