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Building a Model Seige Tower - kevair464 - 12-04-2008
Hello to all,
Our group frequently does educational presentations for schools and we want to put togther a nice working model of a Roman siege tower and siege works to show the kids how things worked. Does anyone have any plans or links to documents that would help us put one together as accurately as possible, looking to make something around 1-1.5 feet tall that is fully functional.
Thanks!
Re: Building a Model Seige Tower - M. Demetrius - 12-04-2008
Kevin,
There is a diorama of some siege towers and ramps said to be used at Avaricum that is on display at West Point. The image is here on RAT somewhere. Maybe from that, you could find other pictures of the diorama itself, perhaps including some of the towers from a different angle.
Re: Building a Model Seige Tower - jvrjenivs - 12-04-2008
I guess you would like to have a look at this page (but unfortunately no plans):
[url:ihk46tr5]http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~dfalk/courses/ejud/siege.htm[/url]
(and don't look at the last pic, it's nothing real)
Re: Building a Model Seige Tower - D B Campbell - 12-04-2008
Quote:Does anyone have any plans or links to documents that would help us put one together as accurately as possible, looking to make something around 1-1.5 feet tall that is fully functional.I hesitate to blow my own trumpet, but you should be able to view [amazon]Greek and Roman Siege Machinery 399 BC-AD 363[/amazon] on Amazon "Look Inside". The back cover shows my version of Vegetius' Roman siege tower, perhaps based on a Flavian original.
Of course, you could just shell out 15 bucks for the book, and read all about it!
Re: Building a Model Seige Tower - D B Campbell - 12-04-2008
Quote:There is a diorama of some siege towers and ramps said to be used at Avaricum that is on display at West Point.The West Point diorama is certainly a fine piece of work, but in my opinion it's inaccurate in most respects (as I explain in [amazon]Siege Warfare in the Roman World: 146 BC-AD 378[/amazon], but unfortunately Amazon's "Look Inside" won't help this time).
Re: Building a Model Seige Tower - D B Campbell - 12-04-2008
Quote:I guess you would like to have a look at this page (but unfortunately no plans): [url:3ifgb46c]http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~dfalk/courses/ejud/siege.htm[/url] (and don't look at the last pic, it's nothing real)Where on earth did that contraption come from?! :roll:
Re: Building a Model Seige Tower - Gaius Julius Caesar - 12-04-2008
Second time thats been up! Looks real enough! :wink:
I still wonder where they got the idea from. Looks like its supposed to be the base of a tower.
Re: Building a Model Seige Tower - jvrjenivs - 12-04-2008
Quote:jvrjenivs:2erbltxo Wrote:I guess you would like to have a look at this page (but unfortunately no plans): link from old RAT (and don't look at the last pic, it's nothing real)Where on earth did that contraption come from?! :roll:
You already commented it here:
www.romanarmy.com/rat/viewtopic.php?t=19324&highlight=siege+engines
Re: Building a Model Seige Tower - D B Campbell - 12-04-2008
Quote:You already commented it here: www.romanarmy.com/rat/viewtopic.php?t=19324&highlight=siege+enginesThanks for the reminder, Jurjen. I'd completely forgotten! :oops:
Re: Building a Model Seige Tower - P. Clodius Secundus - 12-06-2008
Quote:jvrjenivs:1poogsbt Wrote:I guess you would like to have a look at this page (but unfortunately no plans): [url:1poogsbt]http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~dfalk/courses/ejud/siege.htm[/url] (and don't look at the last pic, it's nothing real)Where on earth did that contraption come from?! :roll:
C'mon Duncan, that last one should be treated as an historical artifact....
By that of course, I mean that it should be buried deep in the earth in an obscure location for thousands of years :wink: . Just to be safe I would insist that a bronze plaque stating that it is only a joke in at least ten languages be placed in the hole with it. The demolished onager from Masada is a bit hokey, but at least it's a DeReffyes type. I have a feeling that design may someday again supercede the Schramm or Payne-Gallwey versions.