Siege Warfare: Did you mean...?

An artist's impression of what the Roman siege of Carthage may have looked like during the Third Punic War, 149-146 BCE.

An artist's impression of what the Roman siege of Carthage may have looked like during the Third Punic War, 149-146 BCE.

Trench warfare on WWI's Western Front (1914–1918) emerged from a strategic stalemate between industrialized armies whose defensive firepower outpaced offensive mobility. After the failure of rapid war plans...

Cniva (also given as Kniva, reign circa 250 to possibly 270) was the king of the Goths who defeated Emperor Decius (reign 249-251) at the Battle of Abritus in 251. Little is known of him other than his campaign...

Architrave of seven kings laying siege to Kushinagara, photograph by Biswarup Ganguly, 2013. Located in Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh, India, at the Sanchi Stupa Buddhist complex, this architrave depicts seven kings...

A scene depicting Roman naval ships in battle.

An illustration of what chariot warfare looked like in the ancient Near East. Illustration by by Zvonimir Grbasic.

This map illustrates the final stage of the Siege of Toulon (August 28–December 19, 1793), one of the early defining campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars. The operation not only secured a vital naval...

Roman artillery weapons were instrumental in the successes of the Roman army over centuries and were especially used in siege warfare, both for offence and defence. Principally used in fixed positions or onboard ships, these machines...

This sculpture made during the period of the Chalukyas of Vatapi (6th century CE to 8th century CE) shows a scene from the Mahabharata. Here, a combat scene involving chariot warriors, archers, swordsmen, elephants...