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" ... the Romans appeared before Syracuse its citizens were filled with terror, for they imagined they could not possibly defend themselves against so numerous and fierce an enemy. But, Plutarch tells us, ' Archimedes soon began to play his engines upon... "
Artillery Through the Ages: A Short Illustrated History of Cannon ... - Page 2
by Albert C. Manucy - 1994 - 92 pages
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Catapult Design, Construction and Competition with the Projectile Throwing ...

History - 2006 - 180 pages
...us, 'Archimedes soon began to play his engines upon the Romans and their ships, and shot against them stones of such an enormous size and with so incredible...and velocity that nothing could stand before them. The stones overturned and crushed whatever came in their way, and spread terrible disorder through...
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