From the beginning of human history, settlements were linked with the problems of defense and survival. With the advent of civilization, fortified cities and citadels were erected, and war, conquest, and expansion became usual ways of the daily life of ancient peoples. Fortifications and siegeworks were always inextricably combined, and the development of one inevitably stimulates changes in the other. Here we survey the parallel evolution of Greek and Roman fortifications and siegeworks, often interconnected, from rudimentary to elaborate and tremendously complex systems. We focus on the analysis of various systems of fortifications, siege techniques and Greco-Roman siege weapons, from the Bronze Age to the late Western Roman Empire.
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