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Names: Armstrong, Jeremy, editor. | Trundle, Matthew, 1965- editor.
Title: Brill's Companion to Sieges in the Ancient Mediterranean / edited by Jeremy Armstrong, Matthew Trundle.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019] | Series: Brill's companions in classical studies. warfare in the ancient mediterranean world, 2452-1493 ; volume 3 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019040236 (print) | LCCN 2019040237 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004373617 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004413740 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Siege warfare–Mediterranean Region–History. | Siege warfare–History–To 1500
Classification: LCC UG443 .B78 2019 (print) | LCC UG443 (ebook) | DDC 355.4/40937–dc23
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