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Helepolis logo #10101) Siege tower
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Helepolis logo #21000 Helepolis (ἑλέπολις, English: `Taker of Cities`) was an ancient siege engine invented by Polyidus of Thessaly and improved by Demetrius I of Macedon and Epimachus of Athens for the unsuccessful siege of Rhodes, based on an earlier, less massive design used against Salamis (305–304 BC). The name was derived from `ελείν πόλει......
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Helepolis logo #21594siege tower.
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Helepolis logo #20764Siege tower.
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