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Lithobolos, the Glossary

A lithobolos (λιθοβόλος) refers to any mechanical artillery weapon used and/or referred to as a stone thrower in ancient warfare.^[1]

36 relations: Aerodynamic heating, Ajatashatru, Alexander the Great, Ancient warfare, Archimedes, Aristotle, Attic talent, Ballista, Battle of Salamis (306 BC), Biton, Carthage, Catapult, Crossbow, Ctesibius, Demetrius I Poliorcetes, Gastraphetes, Greek and Roman artillery, Hellenistic period, Hero of Alexandria, Leonardo da Vinci, Licchavis of Vaishali, Magadha, Mina (unit), Onager (weapon), Pergamon, Philip II of Macedon, Philo of Byzantium, Pope Dionysius of Alexandria, Scorpio (weapon), Siege of Gaza (332 BCE), Siege of Halicarnassus, Siege of Rhodes (305–304 BC), Siege of Syracuse (213–212 BC), Syracusia, Trebuchet, Vitruvius.
Ancient Greek artillery

Aerodynamic heating

Aerodynamic heating is the heating of a solid body produced by its high-speed passage through air.

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Ajatasattu (Pāli) or Ajatashatru (Sanskrit) in Buddhist tradition, or Kunika and Kuniya in the Jain histories, (reigned c. 492 to 460 BCE, or c. 405 to 373 BCE) was one of the most important kings of the Haryanka dynasty of Magadha in East India.

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Alexander the Great

Alexander III of Macedon (Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.

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Ancient warfare

Ancient warfare is war that was conducted from the beginning of recorded history to the end of the ancient period.

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Archimedes

Archimedes of Syracuse was an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor from the ancient city of Syracuse in Sicily.

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Aristotle

Aristotle (Ἀριστοτέλης Aristotélēs; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath.

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Attic talent

The Attic talent (a talent of the Attic standard), also known as the Athenian talent or Greek talent (τάλαντον, talanton), is an ancient unit of weight equal to about, as well as a unit of value equal to this amount of pure silver.

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Ballista

The ballista (Latin, from Greek βαλλίστρα ballistra and that from βάλλω ballō, "throw"), plural ballistae, sometimes called bolt thrower, was an ancient missile weapon that launched either bolts or stones at a distant target. Lithobolos and ballista are ancient Greek artillery.

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Battle of Salamis (306 BC)

The naval Battle of Salamis in 306 BC took place off Salamis, Cyprus between the fleets of Ptolemy I of Egypt and Antigonus I Monophthalmus, two of the Diadochi, the generals who, after the death of Alexander the Great, fought each other for control of his empire.

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Biton

Biton (Hebrew: ביטון) is a Maghrebi Jewish surname which is common in Israel.

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Carthage

Carthage was an ancient city in Northern Africa, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia.

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Catapult

A catapult is a ballistic device used to launch a projectile a great distance without the aid of gunpowder or other propellants – particularly various types of ancient and medieval siege engines.

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Crossbow

A crossbow is a ranged weapon using an elastic launching device consisting of a bow-like assembly called a prod, mounted horizontally on a main frame called a tiller, which is hand-held in a similar fashion to the stock of a long gun.

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Ctesibius

Ctesibius or Ktesibios or Tesibius (Κτησίβιος; BCE) was a Greek inventor and mathematician in Alexandria, Ptolemaic Egypt.

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Demetrius I Poliorcetes

Demetrius I Poliorcetes (Δημήτριος Πολιορκητής) was a Macedonian Greek nobleman and military leader who became king of Asia between 306 – 301 BC and king of Macedon between 294–288 BC.

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Gastraphetes

The gastraphetes (belly-releaser), also called belly bow or belly shooter, was a hand-held crossbow used by the Ancient Greeks. Lithobolos and gastraphetes are ancient Greek artillery.

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Greek and Roman artillery

The Greeks and Romans both made extensive use of artillery for shooting large arrows, bolts or spherical stones or metal balls. Lithobolos and Greek and Roman artillery are ancient Greek artillery.

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Hellenistic period

In classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Mediterranean history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the death of Cleopatra in 30 BC, which was followed by the ascendancy of the Roman Empire, as signified by the Battle of Actium in 31 BC and the Roman conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt the following year, which eliminated the last major Hellenistic kingdom.

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Hero of Alexandria

Hero of Alexandria (Ἥρων ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς,, also known as Heron of Alexandria; probably 1st or 2nd century AD) was a Greek mathematician and engineer who was active in Alexandria in Egypt during the Roman era.

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Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 14522 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect.

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Licchavis of Vaishali

The Licchavis of Vaishali (Māgadhī Prakrit: 𑀮𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀯𑀺; Pāli:; Sanskrit: ऋक्षवी Ṛkṣavī; English: "Bear Clan") were an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe and dynasty of north-eastern Indian subcontinent whose existence is attested from the Iron Age to the Classical Age.

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Magadha

Magadha also called the Kingdom of Magadha or the Magadha Empire, was a kingdom and empire, and one of the sixteen lit during the Second Urbanization period, based in southern Bihar in the eastern Ganges Plain, in Ancient India.

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Mina (unit)

The mina (manû; mn; mənēʾ; māneh; manyāʾ; mnā; mina) is an ancient Near Eastern unit of weight for silver or gold, equivalent to approximately, which was divided into 60 shekels.

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Onager (weapon)

The onager was a Roman torsion powered siege engine.

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Pergamon

Pergamon or Pergamum (or; Πέργαμον), also referred to by its modern Greek form Pergamos, was a rich and powerful ancient Greek city in Aeolis.

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Philip II of Macedon

Philip II of Macedon (Φίλιππος; 382 BC – October 336 BC) was the king (basileus) of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia from 359 BC until his death in 336 BC.

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Philo of Byzantium

Philo of Byzantium (Φίλων ὁ Βυζάντιος, Phílōn ho Byzántios), also known as Philo Mechanicus (Latin for "Philo the Engineer"), was a Greek engineer, physicist and writer on mechanics, who lived during the latter half of the 3rd century BC.

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Pope Dionysius of Alexandria

Dionysius the Great (Διονύσιος Ἀλεξανδρείας) was the 14th Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria from 28 December 248 until his death on 22 March 264.

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Scorpio (weapon)

The scorpio or scorpion was a type of Roman torsion siege engine and field artillery piece.

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Siege of Gaza (332 BCE)

The siege of Gaza, as part of the Wars of Alexander the Great, took place in October of 332 BCE.

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Siege of Halicarnassus

The siege of Halicarnassus was fought between Alexander the Great and the Achaemenid Persian Empire in 334 BC.

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Siege of Rhodes (305–304 BC)

The Siege of Rhodes in 305–304 BC was one of the most notable sieges of antiquity, when Demetrius Poliorcetes, son of Antigonus I, besieged Rhodes in an attempt to make it abandon its neutrality and end its close relationship with Ptolemy I. The attempt ultimately proved unsuccessful, but the scale of the siege, along with the logistical, strategic, and engineering efforts of Demetrius Poliorcetes, cemented his reputation as a military engineer and city conqueror.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithobolos

Also known as Stone Thrower, Stone throwers.

Lithobolos, the Glossary

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Ancient Greek artillery

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