What were the applications of ancient battering rams in the siege warfare?

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Can someone elaborate on the various functions of ancient battering rams in siege warfare?

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yes they did, according to marco polo. but nobody survived that. The leader of the muslim monastic order of the hashashin fa'di ordered his men to jump from the highest belfry of their stronghold to prove their loyalty. Like i said they were all really really really high. opioids, mushroom, cakti, hashish , i mean constantly.

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Isn’t it strange how people feared witches and demons… yet rarely questioned the cruelty of their own lords and kings? Maybe the real folklore was just a way to make sense of human darkness we couldn’t admit was ours.

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12 days later. No food.

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Fear the samurai...

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Jump

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That quote is so savage, I felt it in my soul! Sometimes the footnote steals the whole show. If you could footnote any famous story, which one would you choose for a little chaos?

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