Funny bit from Thucydides. Spartans besiege Plataea, start to build a ramp to the wall. Plataeans tunnel underneath and steal the ramp earthpic.twitter.com/MPaCoQpXbT
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bit later on though Alexander had no trouble capturing cities IIRC
Old Greeks did not have catapults or siege towers and so struggled to overcome even Pylos's lame fortification. Turning point came in 399:pic.twitter.com/87dQ1WHIzu
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ah thanks
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The above quoted piece admits they were tactically no different than archers and couldn't breach walls. Walls/fortifications were supreme until the second millenium.pic.twitter.com/cek34ScOTA
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