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Diades of Pella - Definition and Overview

Diades of Pella (Διάδης ο Πελλαίος) (The Besieger), Greek inventor of many siege engines.

He lived in 4th century BC. Diades accompanied Alexander the Great in his warfare on East. He constructed (or improved) movable towers, battering rams, scaling engines used to scale walls and battering crane used for the destruction of city walls.

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