The book of Famous Seiges
The book of Famous Seiges
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The burning of the Roman fleet by mirrors or lenses is not told of in several of the best authorities, but experiments have been made to show that curved mirrors might have sent the sun's rays in a concentrated beam, and so have set fire to light wood not too distant.
The long struggle between Rome and Carthage saw a number of greater and lesser battles against cities, but there can be little said of these since they do not give us new light on methods of warfare.
Were it not for the fact that ...it is also desired to choose in this book sieges not too near one another in time, the siege of Carthage by Scipio in 147 B. C. Should be told. But it was not a contest in which the conditions were at all equal. The Carthaginians had been deprived of everything with which they could make war. Their ships were burned, their mil- itary engines carried away or broken up, even their very weapons demanded by the Romans. Yet when the Roman conquerors demanded the destruction of the city, the Carthaginians refused, in utter despair of any mercy, and worked in a frenzy to defend [91] THE BOOK OF FAMOUS SIEGES themselves, the Carthaginian women even giving their long hair to be twisted into bowstrings.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The burning of the Roman fleet by mirrors or lenses is not told of in several of the best authorities, but experiments have been made to show that curved mirrors might have sent the sun's rays in a concentrated beam, and so have set fire to light wood not too distant.
The long struggle between Rome and Carthage saw a number of greater and lesser battles against cities, but there can be little said of these since they do not give us new light on methods of warfare.
Were it not for the fact that ...it is also desired to choose in this book sieges not too near one another in time, the siege of Carthage by Scipio in 147 B. C. Should be told. But it was not a contest in which the conditions were at all equal. The Carthaginians had been deprived of everything with which they could make war. Their ships were burned, their mil- itary engines carried away or broken up, even their very weapons demanded by the Romans. Yet when the Roman conquerors demanded the destruction of the city, the Carthaginians refused, in utter despair of any mercy, and worked in a frenzy to defend [91] THE BOOK OF FAMOUS SIEGES themselves, the Carthaginian women even giving their long hair to be twisted into bowstrings.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Tudor Jenks to read onlineMoreLess
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