Case 2.12

Byzantine military tech (Extra)

2026.07.06 23:28 Bonus

Byzantine Talks

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The Byzantine Empire excelled at siege warfare and defensive architecture, particularly through the use of the traction trebuchet. This artillery piece used human crews pulling ropes to launch heavy stones with rapid fire, a massive upgrade over older Roman torsion weapons. Combined with the massive, multi-layered Theodosian Walls, this engineering prowess made Constantinople almost impossible to capture for over a thousand years.