The Unorthodox Tactics and Weapons of Ancient Warfare

The Unorthodox Tactics and Weapons of Ancient Warfare

Archimedes invented the ‘death ray’ to burn the Roman ships sieging Syracuse. He used highly polished copper plates to focus the sun on the attacking ships. Painting by Giulio Parigi (1600) Public Domain Since the birth of humanity people have fought against each other. The only change that progress has brought is that the ancient weapons have been replaced by more sophisticated ones. However, some of our ancestors proved to be very sophisticate…