Roman soldiers scaling the walls of a fortress using ladders mounted on boats. From 'Poliorceticon sive de machinis tormentis telis' by Justus Lipsius (Joost Lips) (Antwerp, 1605). Engraving.

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Roman soldiers scaling the walls of a fortress using ladders mounted on boats. From 'Poliorceticon sive de machinis tormentis telis' by Justus Lipsius (Joost Lips) (Antwerp, 1605). Engraving.

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