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Re: The Brick Testament - All Hail King Saul!
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Sun, 19 Nov 2006 21:12:48 GMT
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In lugnet.build.ancient, Brendan Powell Smith wrote:
   In lugnet.build.ancient, Martin Nilsson wrote:

   My understanding is that siege works of this time period would have likely been for the siegers to construct an earthen ramp outside the city wall.

Interesting... that sounds like a total suicide strategy to me. I mean, that would have taken hours or days, the soldiers having their hands occupied by shovels instead of weapons all the while being bombarded by enemy fire in the complete vicinity of the city wall.



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  Re: The Brick Testament - All Hail King Saul!
 
(...) Thanks, Martin. (...) That's great. I kind of do consider these King Saul and King David stories to be "the good stuff" in that they are exciting stories, full of intrigue and surprises. I've been looking forward to illustrating this stuff for (...) (17 years ago, 19-Nov-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)

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