Siege hook
Falx
- Part of Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
The siege hook, or falx, was a siege engine dating back to Roman times. Similar to a battering ram, the siege hook was tipped with a pry bar, and the ram had handles for twisting and either splintering wooden doors or worrying stones out of a wall.
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Vegetius Renatus, Flavius. “Siege Hook.” In Vier Bücher Der Ritterschafft. Augsburg, Germany: Heinrich Stayner, 1529. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/79407x34w.
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