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...dates|Battle of Adrianople (disambiguation)}}{{Short description|Bulgarian siege of Byzantine Adrianople}} | conflict = Siege of Adrianople ...

...ack from a distance by launching heavy [[projectile]]s. Some complex siege engines were combinations of these types. ...(weapon)|bombards]] and later heavy [[artillery]] became the primary siege engines. ...

...''''). The denomination 291 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent meth ...ack the city at great cost. Demetrius finally takes the city after using [[siege engine]]s to demolish its walls. ...

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..._Gameiro.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|right|12th century [[siege of Lisbon]] with siege tower, [[trebuchet]]s and [[mantlet]]s.]] ...e invented in 300 BC. {{ISBN|978-1-56458-467-0}}</ref>) is a specialized [[siege engine]], constructed to protect assailants and ladders while approaching t ...

...|location=Woodbridge, Suffolk |date=1995 |pages=124–125 |chapter=Byzantine Siege Warfare in Theory and Practice |isbn=978-0-85115-561-6}}</ref> In addition ..., showing that it could estimate distances and the required sizes of siege engines.<ref>Sullivan (2000), p. 1.</ref> ...

...si|lang}}) in [[military engineering]] is an artificial slope as part of a medieval castle or in [[bastion fort|early modern fortresses]]. They may be construc ...(Nubia)|Semna]] in [[Nubia]]. Here it was used by them to prevent enemy [[siege engine]]s from weakening [[defensive wall]]s. ...

...r of [[Edward I of England]], during the [[siege of Stirling Castle (1304)|siege of Stirling Castle]] in 1304, as part of the [[Wars of Scottish Independenc ...sent a single stone through two of the castle's walls in the course of the siege, "like an arrow flying through cloth".<ref>{{cite book|title=Flores Histori ...

...'''''). The denomination 36 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent meth ...Phraaspa. He establishes a line of [[circumvallation]] and builds [[siege engines]]. ...

* ''[[Siege of Avalon]]'', a 2000 computer role-playing game * [[Society of Ancients]], a UK-based ancient and medieval history and war gaming organization ...

...cessfully recaptured much of the region, following their victory at the [[Siege of Orléans]]. The battle ended in victory for Charles VII and is notable as ...been seized, and Orléans, the last major city on the river, had been under siege since October of that year (1428). If the English had been able to secure c ...

...lly-port on north enceinte, Citadel, Victoria, Gozo.jpg|thumb|A blocked-up medieval sallyport at the [[Cittadella (Gozo)|Cittadella]] in [[Gozo]], [[Malta]]]] ...ortie]], is a [[military tactics|military maneuver]], typically during a [[siege]], made by a defending force to harass isolated or vulnerable attackers bef ...

...the Bulgars ravage much of [[East Thrace|Eastern Thrace]].<ref>{{The Early Medieval Balkans|pp=98–99}}</ref> ...t important Byzantine fortresses in [[Thrace]]—after being attacked with [[siege engine]]s. The [[garrison]] is forced to surrender, due to [[starvation]]. ...

...ere<ref>{{cite book | author = Collins, Roger| year = 1983 | title = Early Medieval Spain | publisher = St. Martin's Press |location = New York|isbn= 0-312-224 ==Siege and defeat at Toulouse== ...

...ry and is an example of [[concentric castle]]s which developed in the late medieval period.]] ...were modified to suit new [[military tactics|tactics]], [[weapon]]s, and [[siege]] techniques. ...

...''''). The denomination 212 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent meth ...ought between Hannibal's Carthaginian army and Roman forces who are laying siege to Herdonia led by praetor Gnaeus Fulvius Flaccus, brother of the consul, Q ...

...lendar]]. The denomination 626 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent meth ...moured shelters (medieval 'sows') and [[Siege tower#Medieval and later use|siege towers]]; the latter are covered in [[Hide (skin)|hide]]s for fire protecti ...

...s a '''stone thrower''' in [[ancient warfare]]. Typically this referred to engines that propel a stone along a flat track with two rigid bow arms powered by t ...ury BCE.<ref name="singh">{{cite book|title=A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century|author=Singh, U.|date=2008|pu ...

| conflict = Siege of Głogów ...5–1385)|Kingdom of Poland]] and the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. Recorded by the medieval chronicler [[Gallus Anonymus]], it is one of the most well known battles in ...