Philo Mechanicus : on sieges, translated with introduction and commentary /
"Towards the end of the second century BCE Philo of Byzantium, a.k.a. Philo Mechanicus, wrote what is held to be the first Engineering Compendium, in eight or nine parts. Three concern warfare, viewed theoretically: a technical treatise on catapult-design (Belopoiika), and two associated ones w...
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Philo, of Byzantium
(Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut) |
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| Other Authors: |
Whitehead, David, 1949-
(Translator, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/win, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/wac, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/trl),
Whitehead, David
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| Format: | Book
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| Language: | English
Ancient Greek |
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| Published: |
Stuttgart :
Franz Steiner Verlag,
[2016]
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| Series: | Alte Geschichte (Stuttgart, Germany)
Historia (Wiesbaden, Germany) Einzelschriften ;
Heft 243.
Historia (Wiesbaden, Germany) Einzelschriften ;
Heft 243.
Historia (Wiesbaden, Germany) Einzelschriften ;
Heft 243.
Historia (Wiesbaden, Germany) Einzelschriften
Heft 243.
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