Saturday, November 20, 2021

Review of Eisenberg & Khamisy (eds.), The art of siege warfare ...

BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: The art of siege warfare and military architecture from the classical world to the middle ages.
Michael Eisenberg, Rabei Khamisy, The art of siege warfare and military architecture from the classical world to the middle ages. Oxford; Havertown: Oxbow, 2021. Pp. 288. ISBN 9781789254068 $70.00.

Review by
Thierry Lucas, École française d’Athènes. thierry.lucas@efa.gr

The following essays in the volume look to be of interest:
12. The Starting Point of the Imperial Roads in Aelia Capitolina (Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah and Danit Levi)
13. Regional Fortifications in the Chora of Hippos (Sussita) (Adam Pažout)
14. The Extraordinary Roman Military Presence in Judaea from AD 70 until the 3rd Century (Werner Eck)
17. Caesarea Maritima: Fortifications and City Expansion from the Time of Herod the Great to Late Antiquity (Peter Gendelman)

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