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Weapons > Engines of war

Preferred term

Engines of war  

Definition

  • 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

Entry terms

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

Notation

  • 111342

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URI

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

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