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152: 109:) at Byzantium during Philip's siege of 340 BC. Alexander routinely utilised siege machinery, and several of his engineers are also known by name, emphasising, the esteem in which they were held. Indeed, a pupil of Polyidus, named Diades, was known as 'the man who took Tyre with Alexander' in 332 BC." 157: 104:
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ancient Greek
Philip
battering-ram
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Byzantium
Diades of Pella
Alexander the Great
Helepolis
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Philip II of Macedon
Greek engineer stubs

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