Historical Warfare : The Assyrian Siege Engine

[@cate-rf4dw]

Man its scary when i saw that tablet of the battering ram destroying the wall with people under it and people impaled on top of it brutal

[@harryforbia9519]

I remember seeing one of these on some tv show on the History channel as a little kid and being utterly fascinated by them and the people who built them. Great video!

[@raptorbrotherhood766]

Which show

[@anthonyrichiemanampiring6280]

Assyrian siege engine is like a tank but it in ancient time

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

Ancient Tank

[@ltpinecone]

"pointless" - a subtle pun but I appreciated it. Good video as always!

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

;)

[@davidelabarile1634]

asshurbanipal will be proud of this magnificient video!!!!

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

haha thanks :)

[@bsgoat7075]

This is super impressive how have I never heard of this. You’ve done almost everything u need to siege a wall.

[@anthonyrichiemanampiring6280]

true bro

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

pretty much aye

[@harveymogarawanderingfilip5318]

Fun Fact: Assyrians still exist in northern Iraq but in small numbers (~600,000)

[@mrlefty1276]

Yes mostly Northern Iraq where Assyria once was but we are about 5 million strong world wide.

[@AudioJeep]

No they don't. The Assyrians are long gone. Just because they live in the area does not make the modern people who live there Assyrians. The actual ancient Assyrian DNA is completely gone, maybe existing in small irrelevant traces

[@micahistory]

cool video, never knew about this topic

[@frankstippel5988]

Great channel! I really enjoy your videos!

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

Thankyou!

[@robstai9110]

I can't shake the feeling that these ae large wooden Daleks! Great video!

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

well, they did do a lot of exterminating ;)

[@almasodisho9286]

This is great 👍

[@cyrus_vasile]

love u vids

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

Thankyou!

[@theromanorder]

Great job i challenge you to try and do the very difficult greek or roman fire

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

that is a challenge...

[@pootsieman]

no dude that's a dalek

[@GeneralPuff]

Do you know how the siege engines moved? I have seen some depictions with a crank thing inside that turned the wheels, but I am still unsure.

[@dietricklamade7417]

I thought sargon of akkad had the first professional army

[@samwill7259]

1:28 . You better come clean on if that pun was intentional or not. I'm not mad, just...jealous, mostly.

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

;)

[@dianebarrett1602]

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