A01=Gwyn Davies
assault ramps
Author_Gwyn Davies
blockade camps
Category=JWM
Category=NKD
circumvallation
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gazetteer
mines
siege mounds
siege warfare
Product details
- ISBN 9780752428970
- Weight: 420g
- Dimensions: 172 x 248mm
- Publication Date: 01 May 2004
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Explains the components of Roman siege warfare, from preparatory works and blockade camps to circumvallation, assault ramps, siege mounds and mines. The author relates siege work construction to the general context of siege operations. This work includes annotated Gazetteer of key siege sites.
Gwyn Davies took his BA, MA and PhD at the Institute of Archaeology, University of London. His PhD thesis was on the subject of Roman Offensive Siege Works. He is currently Visiting Professor in Ancient History at Florida International University, Miami.
