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1) стена, вал; стенка; перегородка; переборка2) дамба, насыпь ( для защиты от наводнения)3) геол. боковая порода4) горн. забой, лава5) обыкн. мн. ч. укрепления ( в военном деле)6) стенной, настенный7) обносить стеной, валом; разделять стеной; заделывать8) укреплять, строить укрепления•to wall in — огораживать, обносить стеной
to wall off — отгораживать (стеной, забором)
- abutment wall - adiabatic wall - aisle wall - all-rowlock wall - anchor wall - anchored retaining wall - approach wall - apron wall - arch wall - area wall - areaway wall - ashlar wall - back wall - baffle wall - bag wall - barrier wall - battened wall - batter-curved wall - battering wall - bearing wall - below-grade wall - blank wall - bottom wall - boulder wall - boundary wall - boxed buttress wall - breast wall - brick wall - bridge wall - bulkhead wall - buttress wall - buttressed wall - buttress retaining wall - buttress stiffening cross wall - cantilevered wall - cantilever retaining wall - cantilever tee retaining wall - carrying wall - cavity wall - central core wall - ceramic wall - chief wall - city wall - cob wall - column-and-panel wall - common wall - composite core wall - compound wall - concrete block masonry wall - concrete block quay wall - concrete core wall - continuous training wall - coping wall - core wall - core wall of dam - counterfort retaining wall - counterforted retaining wall - counterscarp wall - crib retaining wall - cross wall - crown wall - curtain wall - cut-off wall - dead wall - deflecting wall - diaphragm wall - diathermal wall - dirt wall - divide wall - dividing wall - division wall - double-face wall - downstream curtain wall - drain wall - dry wall - dry rubble wall - dry stone wall - dwarf wall - embankment wall - enceinte wall - enclosure wall - end wall - exposed wall - facade wall - face wall - faced wall - fencing wall - fender wall - filler wall - filtration-proof wall - fire wall - fire-division wall - fireproof wall - flat wall - flood wall - foot wall - foundation wall - frame wall - free-standing sheet pile wall - front wall - furred wall - gable wall - gravity wall - gravity quay wall - gravity retaining wall - guard wall - guide wall - half-brick wall - half-timber wall - head wall - heat insulated wall - hollow wall - hollow concrete quay wall - hollow core wall - honeycombed wall - intake wall - internal wall - jacketed wall - key wall - land lock wall - latticed partition wall - lightweight wall - load-bearing wall - loam wall - main wall - masonry wall - monolith quay wall - moorage wall - mortarless wall - moving wall - mud wall - naked wall - non-bearing wall - non-loadbearing wall - one-and-half brick wall - one-brick wall - outer protective wall - outside wall - oven wall - pack wall - panel wall - parapet wall - partition wall - party wall - perforated wall - periphery wall - piling wall - plinth wall - porous wall - prefabricated wall - prefabricated area wall - puddle wall - quay wall - reed slab wall - relieving wall - retaining wall - retaining wall with surcharge - retention wall - revetment wall - ribbed wall - ring wall - river lock wall - rough wall - rubble wall - rubble retaining wall - rubble toe wall - sandwich wall - scarp wall - sea wall - sealing wall - self-supporting wall - self-sustaining wall - separation wall - serpentine wall - shadow wall - sheet-pile wall - sheet-pile retaining wall - shelter wall - short training wall - side wall - skimmer wall - skimming wall - sleeper wall - slot wall - slurry wall - socle wall - solid quay wall - soundproof wall - spandrel wall - spillway guide wall - spine wall - spiral wall - splay walls - stair wall - stepped side wall - string wall - stringer wall - structural wall - stud wall - suspended wall - tail wall - talus wall - tied retaining wall - tile-hung wall - toe wall - training wall - tube wall - turf wall - two-and-a-half brick wall - two-brick wall - unpierced wall - upstream wall - veneered wall - wake wall - wall-derrick wall - waterproofing wall - wave wall - wharf wall - whole-brick wall - window wall - wing wall - wing wall of lockto wall up —1) производить кладку стены 2) заделывать (дверь, окно), замуровывать
* * *1. стена (здания, сада)2. стенка (траншеи, котлована)3. крепостной вал- above-grade wallto wall up — заделывать [замоноличивать] в стену
- all-brick wall
- all-rowlock wall
- anchor wall
- anchored retaining wall
- anchored sheetpile wall
- anchored sheet wall
- angular retaining wall
- apron wall
- arched retaining wall
- area wall
- avalanche baffle wall
- backup wall
- baffle wall
- basement wall
- basement retaining wall
- bearing wall
- below-grade wall
- bin wall
- bin-type retaining wall
- blank wall
- blind wall
- block wall
- block quay wall
- boulder wall
- boundary wall
- bracket-type retaining wall
- breast wall
- brick wall
- brick-and-a-half wall
- bridge spandrel wall
- bulged retaining wall
- bulkhead wall
- buttressed retaining wall
- canted wall
- cant wall
- cantilevered quay wall
- cantilevered retaining wall
- cast-in-place trench wall
- cavity concrete block wall
- ceramic wall
- climbing wall
- collision wall
- common wall
- compound wall
- concrete wall
- concrete block gravity wall
- concrete block masonry wall
- concrete core wall
- concrete tile masonry wall
- concrete tile wall
- core wall
- counterfort retaining wall
- crib retaining wall
- cross wall
- curtain wall
- curved wall
- cutoff wall
- cutoff sheet pile wall
- dead wall
- diaphragm wall
- diaphragm retaining wall
- dividing wall
- division wall
- drop wall
- dry wall
- dry stone wall
- dwarf wall
- economy wall
- embankment wall
- enclosure wall
- envelope wall
- exterior wall
- external wall
- external panel wall
- face wall
- faced wall
- falling wall
- fence wall
- fender wall
- filler wall
- fire wall
- fire division wall
- fixed retaining wall
- flank wall
- flexible retaining wall
- flexible wall
- foundation wall
- freestone wall
- front wall
- gable wall
- garden wall
- garden wall with coping stones
- glass wall
- glass brick wall
- gravity masonry wall
- gravity quay wall
- ground wall
- guard wall
- guide wall
- half-brick wall
- head wall
- hollow masonry wall
- hollow wall
- honeycomb wall
- hopper wall
- infilled wall
- interior wall
- knee wall
- lateral wall
- lattice retaining wall
- load-bearing wall
- mechanical core wall
- metal curtain wall
- naked wall
- noise abatement wall
- noise control barrier wall
- nonbearing wall
- one-brick wall
- operable wall
- outer wall
- panel wall
- paneled wall
- parapet wall
- party wall
- perforated wall
- periphery wall
- pierced wall
- plastered wall
- precast barrier wall
- precast barrier wall for noise control
- precast basement wall
- quay wall
- retaining wall
- revetment wall
- ribbed wall
- rising wall
- rollock cavity wall
- rubble masonry wall
- rubble wall
- sandwich wall
- screen wall
- sea wall
- sectional retaining wall
- semigravity wall
- shear wall
- shotcreted wall
- side wall
- sleeper wall
- slurry-type wall
- slurry wall
- solid masonry wall
- solid retaining wall
- sound-proof wall
- spine wall
- splitter wall
- steel curtain wall
- stone wall
- storm wall
- structural wall
- stub wall
- stud wall
- surcharged wall
- thrust resistance wall
- tied retaining wall
- timber-paneled wall
- toe wall
- training wall
- veneered wall
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battering wall, breast wall, bulkhead wall, dwarf wall, embankment wall, face wall, head wall, retaining wall, retention wall, revetment wallРусско-английский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям > подпорная стенка
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1) General subject: retaining wall2) Engineering: backfilled wall, bulkhead, earth-retaining structure, embankment wall, face wall, gravity wall, head wall, revetment3) Construction: abamurus, battering wall, dwarf wall, revetment wall, headwall, facewall, astel4) Railway term: protecting wall5) Mining: relieving wall6) Oil: breast wall7) Makarov: bulkhead (гидротехнического сооружения), embankment, revetment wall (берегового откоса) -
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1) Geology: retaining wall2) Engineering: battering wall, relieving wall, retention wall3) Construction: back wall, gravity wall, retaining structure, supporting wall, head wall, headwall, facewall4) Railway term: sustainer wall5) Architecture: revetment, sustaining wall6) Forestry: bulkhead7) Makarov: face wall8) General subject: dam -
12 mūrālis
mūrālis e, adj. [murus], of a wall, wall-, mural: pila, used in fighting from walls, Cs.: tormentum, for battering walls, V.: falces, for pulling down walls, Cs.: corona, a mural crown (won by first scaling the wall), L.* * *muralis, murale ADJof walls; of a (city) wall; turreted; mural -
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mūrālis, e, adj. [murus], of or belonging to a wall, wall-, mural (class.):muralis herba,
the pellitory of the wall, parietary, Plin. 21, 30, 104, § 176:pila,
used in fighting from walls, Caes. B. G. 5, 39:tormentum,
for battering walls, Verg. A. 12, 921:fossa,
under the walls, Sil. 8, 555:falces,
hooks for pulling down walls, Caes. B. G. 3, 14: corona, a mural crown, given as a reward to him who first scaled the enemy's walls, Liv. 23, 18; also,corona,
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agger eris, m [ad + GES-], a mass, heap, collection, pile: aggere paludem explere, Cs.: longius erat agger petendus, Cs.: fossas aggere conplent, V.—A heap of rubbish, pile of stones, bank, mound, dam, pier, hillock, wall, dike, mole, rampart: aggeribus niveis informis terra, with snow-drifts, V.: proelia miscent Aggeribus murorum, V.: molirique aggere tecta, a stockade, V.: aggeribus ruptis amnis exit, dams, V.: muniti aggere portūs, a breakwater, O.: viae agger, a causeway, V.—Poet.: aggeres Alpini, i. e. mountains, V.— A funeral pile, O. — A platform (for a speaker), O. — In war, a mound erected before a besieged city to sustain battering engines: vineis ad oppidum actis, aggere iacto, Cs.: aggerem iacere, S.: promovere ad urbem, to bring near to the city, L.; usu. of wood; hence, ut agger, tormenta flammam conciperent, Cs.: aggerem ac vineas incendium hausit, L. — Fig.: esset agger oppugnandae Italiae, a rampart for attacking. — Freq. of mounds or terraces in Rome, built for defence, and afterwards used as promenades, a boulevard, terrace: maximus (Tarquinii): (Servius) aggere circumdat urbem, L.: Aggere in aprico spatiari, H.— A mound to protect a camp: seges aggere cingit, V.* * *rampart (or material for); causeway, pier; heap, pile, mound; dam; mud wall -
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agger, ĕris, m. [ad-gero].I.Things brought to a place in order to form an elevation above a surface or plain, as rubbish, stone, earth, sand, brushwood, materials for a rampart, etc. (in the histt., esp. Cæs., freq.; sometimes in the poets): ab opere revocandi milites, qui paulo longius aggeris petendi causā processerant, Caes. B. G. 2, 20:II.aggere paludem explere,
id. ib. 7, 58; cf. id. ib. 7, 86:longius erat agger petendus,
id. B. C. 1, 42; 2, 15 al.:superjecto aggere terreno,
Suet. Calig. 19; cf. id. ib. 37:implere cavernas aggere,
Curt. 8, 10, 27:fossas aggere complent,
Verg. A. 9, 567: avis e medio aggere exit, from the midst of the pile of wood, Ov. M. 12, 524.— But far oftener,Esp.A.The pile formed by masses of rubbish, stone, earth, brushwood, etc., collected together; acc. to its destination, a dam, dike, mole, pier; a hillock, mound, wall, bulwark, rampart, etc.; esp. freq. in the histt. of artificial elevations for military purposes: tertium militare sepimentum est fossa et terreus agger, a clay or mud wall, Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 2: aggeribus niveis ( with snow-drifts) informis Terra, Verg. G. 3, 354:B.atque ipsis proelia miscent Aggeribus murorum, pleon. for muris,
id. A. 10, 24; cf. id. ib. 10, 144:ut cocto tolleret aggere opus, of the walls of Babylon,
Prop. 4, 10, 22.— A dike of earth for the protection of a harbor (Ital. molo), Vitr. 5, 12, 122; Ov. M. 14, 445; 15, 690.— A causeway through a swamp:aggeres umido paludum et fallacibus campis imponere,
Tac. A. 1, 61.— A heap or pile of arms:agger armorum,
Tac. H. 2, 70.— Poet., for mountains:aggeres Alpini,
Verg. A. 6, 830; so,Thessalici aggeres,
i. e. Pelion, Ossa, Olympus, Sen. Herc. Oet. 168.— A funeral pile of wood, Ov. M. 9, 234, and Sen. Herc. Fur. 1216.— A heap of ashes:ab alto aggere,
Luc. 5, 524 Weber.— A high wave of the sea:ab alto Aggere dejecit pelagi,
Luc. 5, 674:consurgit ingens pontus in vastum aggerem,
Sen. Hippol. 1015 (cf.:mons aquae,
Verg. A. 1, 105).—In milit. lang.1.A mound erected before the walls of a besieged city, for the purpose of sustaining the battering engines, and which was gradually advanced to the town; cf. Smith's Dict. Antiq., and Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 2, 12:2.aggere, vineis, turribus oppidum oppugnare,
Cic. Fam. 15, 4; id. Att. 5, 20:esset agger oppugnandae Italiae Graecia,
id. Phil. 10, 9:celeriter vineis ad oppidum actis, aggere jacto turribusque constitutis, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 2, 12:jacere,
to throw up, Sall. J. 37, 4; so Vulg. Isa. 29, 3:aggerem exstruere,
Caes. B. G. 2, 30:instruere,
id. ib. 8, 41:promovere ad urbem,
to bring near to the city, Liv. 5, 7.— Hence, poet.: stellatis axibus agger Erigitur, geminasque aequantis moenia turres Accipit, a mound is built provided with wheels (for moving it forwards), Luc. 3, 455; imitated by Sil. 13, 109.—Since such aggeres consisted principally of wood, they could be easily set on fire, Caes. B. C. 2, 14: horae momento simul aggerem ac vineas incendium hausit, Liv 5, 7.— Trop.:Graecia esset vel receptaculum pulso Antonio, vel agger oppugnandae Italiae,
rampart, mound, Cic. Phil. 10, 4: Agger Tarquini, the mound raised by Tarquinius Superbus for the defence of the eastern part of the city of Rome, in the neighborhood of the present Porta S. Lorenzo, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 67; cf. id. 36, 15, 24, n. 2, * Hor. S. 1, 8, 15; Juv. 5, 153; so id. 8, 43; Quint. 12, 10, 74.—Suet. uses agger for the Tarpeian rock: quoad praecipitaretur ex aggere, Calig. 27.—The mound raised for the protection of a camp before the trench (fossa), and from earth dug from it, which was secured by a stockade (vallum), consisting of sharpened stakes (valli); cf.3.Hab. Syn. 68, and Smith's Dict. Antiq.: in litore sedes, Castrorum in morem pinnis atque aggere cingit,
Verg. A. 7, 159; Plin. 15, 14, 14, § 47.—The tribunal, in a camp, formed of turf, from which the general addressed his soldiers:4.stetit aggere saltus Cespitis, intrepidus vultum meruitque timeri,
Luc. 5, 317:vix eā turre senex, cum ductor ab aggere coepit,
Stat. Th. 7, 374; cf. Tac. A. 1, 18 Lips.—A military or public road, commonly graded by embankments of earth (in the class. per. only in Verg. and Tac., and always in connection with viae, agger alone belonging only to later Lat.):viae deprensus in aggere serpens,
Verg. A. 5, 273:Aurelius agger, i. e. via Aurelia,
Rutil. Itiner. 39:aggerem viae tres praetoriae cohortes obtinuere,
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16 ram
ræm
1. сущ.
1) а) баран (животное, в домашнем хозяйстве используется для покрывания овец) Syn: tup
1. б) разг. самец, козел;
потаскун, распутник( о мужчине) Syn: lecher
2) (the Ram) Овен (созвездие и знак зодиака) Syn: Aries
3) а) ист. таран, стенобитное орудие Syn: battering-ram б) мор., ист. корабельный таран;
судно, оснащенное корабельным тараном в) пожарный таран (для преодоления препятствий вроде стен, дверей и т. п.)
4) амер. мор. шхуна (обычно трехмачтовая)
5) а) подводная часть айсберга или плавучей льдины б) мор. полная длина корабля (от носа до кормы)
6) тех. а) баба( молота) Syn: monkey
1. б) паровой молот Syn: steam-hammer в) дор. тромбовка, баба Syn: rammer
7) тех. а) поршень гидравлического пресса;
поршень нагнетательного насоса Syn: piston, plunger б) тех. плунжер, ползун Syn: plunger в) гидравлический подъемник Syn: lifting-machine г) метал. коксовыталкиватель
2. гл.
1) а) трамбовать, утрамбовывать;
уплотнять (землю и т. п.) the soil was firmly rammed ≈ почва была плотно утрамбована б) набивать, заполнять, уплотнять ( что-л. чем-л. with) Syn: cram
2., stuff
2. в) заполнять, наводнять, наполнять( улицы и т. п. - о людях и т. д.) Syn: block up, crowd
2.
2) (down, in, into) а) вбивать, вколачивать;
вдалбливать, вгонять( что-л. в землю и т. п.) to ram piles into the soil ≈ забивать сваи в землю Syn: force
2., drive
2. б) тж. перен. вдалбливать, вбивать (что-л. в кого-л., во что-л.) to ram into smb. ≈ вбивать кому-л. в голову (что-л.) to ram home an idea ≈ втолковать кому-л. что-л., какую-л. мысль to ram (the charge into) the gun ≈ забить (заряд в) пушку/ружье Syn: force
2. в) загонять, втискивать, запихивать( что-л. куда-л.) to ram clothes into a box ≈ запихивать одежду в ящик Syn: cram
2., stuff
2., thrust
2. г) плотно натягивать, нахлобучивать (напр. шляпу на голову и т. п. down, up) Syn: push
2., pen
3) бить, ударять со страшной силой;
особ. мор. таранить Syn: dash I
2., smash
2.
4) (at, against, into) а) направлять, пускать (лошадь, машину и т. п.) напролом через что-л. или во что-л. The only way that I could stop the car was to ram the wheels into the edge of the road. ≈ Единственный способ остановить машину, был направить ее в ограждение, что я и сделал. б) нестись напролом;
налететь, врезаться( куда-л.) с силой I was rammed into from behind ≈ на меня кто-то сзади налетел ∙ ram down ram through to ram smth. down smb.'s throat ≈ пристать с чем-л. как с ножом к горлу;
заставлять( кого-л.) помнить( о чем-л. неприятном) баран (the R.) Овен (созвездие и знак зодиака) (техническое) баба (молота) гидравлический таран( дорожностроительное) подбойка( для шпал) ;
трамбовка( техническое) шток, плунжер;
ползун коксовыталкиватель (специальное) гидравлический домкрат( морское) (историческое) таранное судно таранить - to * one's way through the hedge лезть напролом через зеленую изгородь - to * ahead( военное) продвигаться вперед;
пробиваться вперед;
продвигаться, сокрушая сопротивление противника (at, against, into) налететь на (что-л.), расшибиться обо( что-л.) - he *med his head against the wall он расшиб голову об стену - his car was *med into from behind by a lorry сзади в его машину врезался грузовик забивать, вколачивать;
втискивать;
вдалбливать - to * a charge home in a gun забить заряд в пушку - to * an argument home убедить( кого-л.) ;
доказать свою правоту - to * smth. into smb. вбивать что-л. кому-л. в голову, вдалбливать что-л. кому-л. - he *med his clothes into a bag он втиснул /кое-как запихал/ одежду в чемодан - I tried to * a little sense into hi, я старался вбить в него немного здравого смысла (военное) сокрушать( военное) пробивать оборону противника (военное) досылать (снаряд) (техническое) трамбовать, утрамбовывать > to * smth. down smb.'s throat прожужжать кому-л. уши;
пристать с чем-л. как с ножом к горлу > he's *med his opinion down my throat so many times that I could repeat it in my sleep он столько раз высказывал мне свое мнение, что я могу повторить его во сне cashe-tag ~ вчт. озу тегов кэш-памяти ram тех. баба (молота) ;
гидравлический таран ~ баран ~ забивать, вколачивать;
втискивать;
to ram (into smb.) вбивать (кому-л.) в голову;
to ram it home убедить, доказать ~ забивать, вколачивать;
втискивать;
to ram (into smb.) вбивать (кому-л.) в голову;
to ram it home убедить, доказать ~ метал. коксовыталкиватель ~ (the R.) Овен (созвездие и знак зодиака) ~ вчт. оперативная память ~ подъемник, силовой цилиндр ~ тех. ползун, плунжер ~ ав. таран ~ таранить ~ трамбовать, утрамбовывать ~ забивать, вколачивать;
втискивать;
to ram (into smb.) вбивать (кому-л.) в голову;
to ram it home убедить, доказать shadow ~ вчт. дублирующее запоминающее устройство -
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1. n баранtupping ram — случной баран, баран-производитель
2. n Овен3. n тех. баба4. n гидравлический таран5. n дор. подбойка; трамбовка6. n тех. шток, плунжер; ползунpush-cut ram — ползун для "толкающего резания"
7. n метал. коксовыталкиватель8. n спец. гидравлический домкрат9. n мор. ист. таранное судно10. v таранитьto ram ahead — продвигаться вперёд; пробиваться вперёд; продвигаться, сокрушая сопротивление противника
11. v налететь на, расшибиться обо12. v забивать, вколачивать; втискивать; вдалбливатьto ram an argument home — убедить ; доказать свою правоту
13. v воен. сокрушать14. v воен. пробивать оборону противника15. v воен. досылать16. v воен. тех. трамбовать, утрамбовыватьСинонимический ряд:1. animal (noun) animal; bighorn; buck; ewe; male sheep; sheep; wild ram2. bat (noun) bar; bat; battering-ram; hammerhead; mallet; maul; piston; rammer; sledge hammer3. crash (verb) crash; slam; smash4. hit (verb) beat; collide; cram; force; hit; hook; jam; jam-pack; poke; pound; stuff; tamp5. run (verb) dig; drive; plunge; press; propel; push; run; shoulder; shove; sink; stab; stick; thrust
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Battering-ram — Bat ter*ing ram , n. 1. (Mil.) An engine used in ancient times to beat down the walls of besieged places. [1913 Webster] Note: It was a large beam, with a head of iron, which was sometimes made to resemble the head of a ram. It was suspended by… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Battering ram — A battering ram is a siege engine originating in ancient times to break open fortification walls or doors.In its simplest form, a battering ram is just a large, heavy log carried by several people and propelled with force against an obstacle; the … Wikipedia
Battering — Batter Bat ter (b[a^]t t[ e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Battered} (b[a^]t t[ e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Battering}.] [OE. bateren, OF. batre, F. battre, fr. LL. battere, for L. batuere to strike, beat; of unknown origin. Cf. {Abate}, {Bate} to abate.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Battering-ram — (Ezek. 4:2; 21:22), a military engine, consisting of a long beam of wood hung upon a frame, for making breaches in walls. The end of it which was brought against the wall was shaped like a ram s head … Easton's Bible Dictionary
battering ram — bat·ter·ing ram || bætÉ™rɪŋ large hard tool used to beat in a locked door or wall … English contemporary dictionary
Celtic circular wall of Otzenhausen — The Celtic ring fortress is one of the biggest fortifications, the Celts had constructed.Ist builders were Celts of the tribe of the Treveri, who lived in the region north of the fortress. The ring fortress is located on top of the Dollberg , a… … Wikipedia
The Ram has Touched the Wall — Rome episode title= The Ram Has Touched the Wall caption=Pompey mulls his options after truce is refused season=1 (2005) episode=5 (HBO; see BBC editing) air date=September 25, 2005 (HBO) November 23, 2005 (BBC) writer=Bruno Heller director=Allen … Wikipedia
WAR AND WARFARE — TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FIRST TEMPLE The methods of offensive and defensive warfare developed side by side in the Ancient Near East. The development of weapons was dependent upon the supply of raw materials, such as stone, metal, and wood; the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
military technology — Introduction range of weapons, equipment, structures, and vehicles used specifically for the purpose of fighting. It includes the knowledge required to construct such technology, to employ it in combat, and to repair and replenish it.… … Universalium
Roman siege engines — were, for the most part, adapted from Hellenistic siege technology. Relatively small efforts were made to develop the technology; however, the Romans brought an unrelentingly aggressive style to siege warfare [Goldsworthy 2000: 144] . Caesar… … Wikipedia
weapons and warfare, siege — Modern scholars are unsure when the first sieges of fortified towns in Mesopotamia and surrounding regions took place. Most experts agree that the existence of fortified walls, especially brick and stone ones, around many early towns indicates … Ancient Mesopotamia dictioary