Fortifications have historically posed immense challenges to attacking armies. Over the centuries, they often necessitated prolonged and costly sieges - draining resources, inflicting heavy casualties ...

During the Medieval era, armies utilized all sorts of devastating contraptions to breach fortifications such as castles. One of the most famous of these tools was the ballista. But many may not be ...

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History is filled with wars, that’s just a natural part of the human condition. It is in the annals of history that we find the deadliest weapon ever fielded. However, the answer to what that weapon ...