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.

Table of Contents:

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.