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    territory was under siege (codesmiths.com). As well as the ballista‚ the catapult was an effect weapon against oncoming attacks. The catapult was used to launch items long distances at the enemies‚ mainly when under siege. The Macedonians was another civilization that sought power; whose conquests lead them to have variety in their weapons. Macedonians took what they knew from the Grecian civilization and reformed

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    afford cannon-proof fortifications. Castles were expensive anyway (as much as 13‚000‚000 ducats) so the lesser nobles could barely afford a regular castle(considering a king got 12 million ducats a year). The weapons used for seige warfare were the ballista‚ battering ram‚ and seige tower that could allow experienced archers to have more

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    the round missile at whatever the target was. Yet another medieval invention was the Ballista‚ which was a HUGE crossbow that would shoot a giant grappling hook at a castle wall. It was mainly used in sieges‚ which is when you try to wait someone out when they are inside of some kind of space‚ like a castle. Or‚ they would try to break in by getting inside the space and fighting whoever was inside. Ballista would grapple at the top of the walls‚ and people would climb up the ropes to the top of

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    Software Testing Carnegie Mellon University 18-849b Dependable Embedded Systems Spring 1999 Authors: Jiantao Pan mailto:%20jpan@cmu.edu Abstract: Software testing is any activity aimed at evaluating an attribute or capability of a program or system and determining that it meets its required results. [Hetzel88] Although crucial to software quality and widely deployed by programmers and testers‚ software testing still remains an art‚ due to limited understanding of the principles of software

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    Matthew Roesler Jessica Davis Project Extra Catapult Study Catapults have been used for an extremely long time. The Trebuchet‚ a type of catapult‚ were first created by the Chinese in 300 BC. Catapults were also used in Europe in 500 AD. The Ballista‚ another type of catapult‚ was created by the Ancient Greeks and was also used by the Romans. Still another type of catapult‚ the Mangonel‚ was invented by the Romans in 400 BC. Catapults were extremely important to siege warfare. The French also

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    The Roman army was very mighty. Because of this they were able to expand their territory. At the height of their power they were able to conquer what we now call Wales‚ Spain‚ France‚ the Middle East‚ Greece‚ most of Germany‚ and the northern coast of Africa. Historians view the roman army as an extremely effective fighting machine. The lowest level soldier in the Roman army was a legionnaire. 5000 to 6000 legionnaires made up a legion. They were trained to fight in a disciplined and coordinated

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    The legacy of Rome The social‚ cultural and political developments of ancient Rome propelled Rome to wealth‚ prosperity and a level of scientific‚ mathematical and literacy development unattained for hundreds of years after its fall(Wilkes). These developments were of such crucial importance to the extent that they are widely regarded as the foundation of many democratic concepts‚ sciences and mathematical concepts and legal concepts of the modern day. The legacy of the Roman Empire pervades into

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    Bas-relief friezes in galleries of the vast Angkor Wat complex in Siemreab depict Cambodia’s land and naval conquests during its "time of greatness‚" the Angkorian Period‚ which spanned the years from A.D. 802 to 1431. During this time‚ the Khmer Empire‚ by force of arms‚ extended its dominions to encompass much of Southeast Asia. The warrior kings‚ who actually led troops in battle‚ did not customarily maintain standing armies but raised troops as necessity required. Historian David P. Chandler

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    sun and wind were behind their soldiers. Romans military were extremely good at siege tactics. Roman engineers developed several different devices that could throw stones and javelins long distances; the most important of these were the catapulta‚ ballista‚ ad onager. In the movie Spartacus the deployment of the Roman army is very interesting. In the battle scene you see a deployment of a legion in a quincunx formation (checker board pattern) this shows the discipline and organization of the Roman

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