Greek and Roman artillery; technical treatises

Greek and Roman artillery; technical treatises

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Marsden, Eric William.
Imprint:	Oxford, Clarendon P., 1971.
Description:	xviii, 278 pages 19 plates, illustrations (some color) 24 cm
Language:	English Ancient Greek Latin
Subject:	Catapult. Ballista. Antiquities. Ballista. Catapult. Greece -- Military antiquities. Rome -- Military antiquities. Greece. Rome (Empire) Ελλάδα Στρατιωτικές αρχαιότητες.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3296924

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ISBN:	0198142692 9780198142690
Notes:	Text in Greek or Latin, and English. Includes bibliographical references (pages xiii-xv). Text in Greek or Latin, and English.

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Summary:	Five Greek and Latin treatises, with a facing English translation, which enable Marsden to trace mechanical progress in Greek and Roman artillery over five hundred years. Each text and translation is followed by extensive notes which contain explanatory diagrams which reconstruct the machines. Additional chapters discuss and reconstruct the 4th-century ballista and the onager based on a range of sources.
Item Description:	Text in Greek or Latin, and English.
Physical Description:	xviii, 278 pages 19 plates, illustrations (some color) 24 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages xiii-xv).
ISBN:	0198142692 9780198142690