Torsion siege engine | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 2019-07-07

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torsion_siege_engine


00:00:21 1 History
00:00:30 1.1 Greek
00:02:47 1.2 Roman
00:05:10 1.3 Medieval
00:07:08 2 Historical continuity
00:09:31 3 Construction
00:09:40 3.1 Design
00:12:29 3.2 Measurements
00:14:15 3.3 Effective use
00:14:27 4 Archaeological evidence
00:16:46 4.1 Stone projectiles
00:17:38 4.2 Catapult remains
00:18:17 5 Literary evidence
00:18:34 5.1 Examples
00:18:55 5.2 Images
00:21:10 5.2.1 Manuscripts
00:21:18 5.2.2 Iconography
00:21:53 5.2.3 Diagrams
00:22:20 5.2.4 Reproductions
00:22:52 5.3 Terminology
00:23:34 6 Notes
00:24:37 7 Bibliography
00:24:46 8 External links
00:30:19 External links



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A torsion siege engine is a type of artillery that utilizes torsion to launch projectiles. They were initially developed by the ancient Greeks, specifically Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great, and used through the Middle Ages until the development of gunpowder artillery in the 14th century rendered them obsolete.