King Nebuchadnezzar II of the Neo-Babylonian Empire army besieging Tyre, 586-573BC. Soldiers in tunics with targes and shield bosses attack a fortress with wheeled battering rams, crossbows and lances. Siege de la ville de Tyr, France, Xe Siecle. Taken from Commentaire sur Ezechiel, Latin 12302 F1r, (MS 303), 10th century. Chromolithograph by Guillaume Regamey after an illustration by Mathieu from Charles Louandre’s Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.

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