Equitum peditumque idem longe primus erat – uwagi o sprzęcie oblężniczym Hannibala

Abstract

Equitum peditumque idem longe primus erat – Remarks on Hannibal’s Siege Equipment The author of the article investigates the role and importance of Hannibal’s military equipment. Through the analysis of available literary sources, the author indicates imperfections of descriptions concerning this aspect of the Carthaginian’s activity. In addition, he draws attention to the characteristic form of siege weapons – as described in the sources, which allows for assuming some development tendencies in both modes of operating and kinds of Hannibal’s army combat equipment.