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Punic Wars - Part V - The Return of The Scipi

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Archimedes' Ingenious Weapons and the Miserable Disaster

Learn about the amazing weapons systems created by Archimedes during the Roman's attack on Syracuse, including ballistas, catapults, rolling boulders, the Archimedes claw, and stories of a potential death ray.

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