History by Polybius.


History by Polybius. Volume II. French edition translated from Greek by Dom Vincent Thuillier. Comments of Military Science enriched with critical and historical notes by M. De Folard. Paris, chez Pierre Gandouin, Julien-Michel Gandouin, Pierre-Francois Giffart and Nicolas-Pierre Armand, 1727. Printing by Jean-Baptiste Lamesle. First Jewish-Roman War. Siege of Masada by Lucius Flavius Silva, 72-73 AD. The romans surrounded the plateau with a stone wall, building a large ramp and using baterring rams and siege engines. Roman victory.


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