... helepolis, “city- taker”, although in the event it failed to take the city. The helepolis tower was based on a huge square grille of timberwork, covering an area of 5,200 square feet (484 sq m). The tower was about 140 feet (90 cubits ...
... Helepolis . This was a moveable tower ; the base square and the sides sloping inward . Its size is variously given : Plutarch puts it at 99 feet high by 72 broad : Diodoros at 150 feet by 75 : Vitruvius at 125 by 60 , and gives its ...
... helepolis' speed, the strain of the block and tackle rope, the counterweight speed and the helepolis' displacement. It must be observed that, in the presented simulation, we supposed that the counterweight motion was controlled. In the ...
... Helepolis knocked down a tower and carried away a vital section of wall . Troops poured into the breach like ants and a ferocious mêlée took place across the gap . For a time the pendulum seemed to swing towards the attackers , but the ...
... Helepolis 76 86 Do. Archimedes - 130 4 Do. Helepolis 278 921 Do. Archimedes- 222 942 November , 1842 . December , 1842 . January , 1843 . Do. Helepolis 208 3,369 Do. Archimedes - 243 205 February , 1843 . Do. Helepolis 195 Do ...
... helepolis (see Fig. 18.9), we considered a machine of average dimensions having the following technical characteristics: • helepolis height: 30 m; • full helepolis' mass: 40,000 kg; • radius of the wheel rim: rc = 1.5 m; • radius of the ...
... Helepolis 76 86 Do. Archimedes 130 4 } Do. Helepolis 278 921 Do. Archimedes 222 942 Do. Helepolis 208 3,369 Do. Archimedes 243 205 Do. Helepolis 195 Do. Archimedes 208 359 Do. Helepolis 74 95 Do. Archimedes 88 Nov. , 1842 . Dec. , 1842 ...
... helepolis moving up,before it could reachthewall, cameto a stopin the swamp made by the moisture, anditcould notbe moved forwards, norlater even backwards. The enemy retreated, naturally, and Diognetus was honored. He brought the helepolis ...
... Helepolis out of action, which they did by setting it on fire just as Aeneas (33.1–2) and Philon (C 12 and 40–41) suggest and as done at Salamis (D. S. 20.48.3–7). Demetrius should have known from his experience at Salamis exactly how ...
... helepolis . For the term helepolis used to describe a low ram , Joseph . BJ 3.121 , 3.230-32 ; Amm . Marc . 23.4.10-13 ( the excursus on siege engines , with den Boeft Comm . XXIII p . 57 , 72-78 ; but Ammianus also associates this low ...