Diodorus Siculus and the Purgos at Tyre: Did Alexander Put Towers on Ships?

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CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-07-01 DOI:10.1086/730558

David A. Guenther

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Abstract

Scholars often assert that one of Alexander’s military innovations was to place siege towers (πύργοι) on board his warships at Tyre. In this note I argue that there is no literary evidence that this occurred. I also argue that unless the towers were higher than Tyre’s walls, there would be no military advantage to doing so.

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狄奥多鲁斯-西库罗斯和提尔的普尔戈斯：亚历山大在船上建塔了吗？

学者们经常断言，亚历山大的军事创新之一是在推罗的战舰上安置攻城塔 (πύργοι)。在本注释中，我认为没有任何文学证据可以证明这一点。我还认为，除非塔楼比推罗的城墙高，否则这样做没有任何军事优势。

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