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Weapons > Engines of war

Preferred term

Engines of war

Definition(s)

e:Use for heavy weapons that were the artillery pieces of the Ancient and Medieval worlds [LC, alt.] | f:Terme générique désignant, dans l'Antiquité et au Moyen Age, toutes sortes de matériels employés dans la guerre de siège [Larousse]

Broader concept(s)

Weapons

Related concept(s)

Sieges

Synonym(s)

ARTILLERY, ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL
MACHINES, SIEGE
MACHINES, WAR
Military engines
NON-GUNPOWDER ARTILLERY
Siege engines
SIEGE MACHINES
War engines
WAR MACHINES

Notation

111342

In other languages

Machine de guerre

French

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-Q9GJCF0V-7

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