Dr. Graham Wrightson

pentaremes hexaremes which are six decks demetrius supposedly had a heptaremes quite commonly and then he even goes to an octareme and a nonareme which are like nine banks of oars wow in his one ship and there's even been a suggestion that he went for a ceremonial ship up to like 18 to 20 banks of oars and stuff these massive like things and practically some of them didn't work very well but his ships were big enough

pentaremes hexaremes which are six decks demetrius supposedly had a heptaremes quite commonly and then he even goes to an octareme and a nonareme which are like nine banks of oars wow in his one ship and there's even been a suggestion that he went for a ceremonial ship up to like 18 to 20 banks of oars and stuff these massive like things and practically some of them didn't work very well but his ships were big enough

pentaremes hexaremes which are six decks demetrius supposedly had a heptaremes quite commonly and then he even goes to an octareme and a nonareme which are like nine banks of oars wow in his one ship and there's even been a suggestion that he went for a ceremonial ship up to like 18 to 20 banks of oars and stuff these massive like things and practically some of them didn't work very well but his ships were big enough

And he gets his nickname as the besieger for his massive siege of Rhodes that took over 18 months and failed. And so Heckel and I argue that the nickname he gets is ironic, that he's not a good besieger. That's why he's called the besieger. Yeah. Ptolemy is called the Admiral because he loses a massive sea battle against Demetrius.

And he gets his nickname as the besieger for his massive siege of Rhodes that took over 18 months and failed. And so Heckel and I argue that the nickname he gets is ironic, that he's not a good besieger. That's why he's called the besieger. Yeah. Ptolemy is called the Admiral because he loses a massive sea battle against Demetrius.

And he gets his nickname as the besieger for his massive siege of Rhodes that took over 18 months and failed. And so Heckel and I argue that the nickname he gets is ironic, that he's not a good besieger. That's why he's called the besieger. Yeah. Ptolemy is called the Admiral because he loses a massive sea battle against Demetrius.

And Seleucus is called the Elephant General because he gives up India for a bunch of elephants. So these are ironic nicknames the other kings give to each other. So he's a besieger because he's bad at besieging, but he does have massive siege weaponry. So he has...

And Seleucus is called the Elephant General because he gives up India for a bunch of elephants. So these are ironic nicknames the other kings give to each other. So he's a besieger because he's bad at besieging, but he does have massive siege weaponry. So he has...

And Seleucus is called the Elephant General because he gives up India for a bunch of elephants. So these are ironic nicknames the other kings give to each other. So he's a besieger because he's bad at besieging, but he does have massive siege weaponry. So he has...

huge ships he ties these massive ships together and puts massive siege towers on the ships and then tows them to the walls of these cities to attack and he has catapult fire firing catapults on his ships and underwater rams to sort of knock the wall in with this

huge ships he ties these massive ships together and puts massive siege towers on the ships and then tows them to the walls of these cities to attack and he has catapult fire firing catapults on his ships and underwater rams to sort of knock the wall in with this

huge ships he ties these massive ships together and puts massive siege towers on the ships and then tows them to the walls of these cities to attack and he has catapult fire firing catapults on his ships and underwater rams to sort of knock the wall in with this

this ramborn ship and stuff all the stuff that you can see in the new gladiator movie the gladiator 2 that stuff is basically like demetrius besieging stuff and on land he builds what's called the helipolis the city besieger there's this massive 40 story tower that is so big it needs oxen to pull it into place and that's what he relies on taking roads with and when the rhodians

this ramborn ship and stuff all the stuff that you can see in the new gladiator movie the gladiator 2 that stuff is basically like demetrius besieging stuff and on land he builds what's called the helipolis the city besieger there's this massive 40 story tower that is so big it needs oxen to pull it into place and that's what he relies on taking roads with and when the rhodians

this ramborn ship and stuff all the stuff that you can see in the new gladiator movie the gladiator 2 that stuff is basically like demetrius besieging stuff and on land he builds what's called the helipolis the city besieger there's this massive 40 story tower that is so big it needs oxen to pull it into place and that's what he relies on taking roads with and when the rhodians

dislodge some iron plates and set it on fire, he pulls it out of the way because he doesn't want his pet toy to be destroyed and stuff. And so he never manages to capture the city because of his uselessness. And I've written on his ineptitude before on this very subject. But for him, it seems the size matters, right?

dislodge some iron plates and set it on fire, he pulls it out of the way because he doesn't want his pet toy to be destroyed and stuff. And so he never manages to capture the city because of his uselessness. And I've written on his ineptitude before on this very subject. But for him, it seems the size matters, right?

dislodge some iron plates and set it on fire, he pulls it out of the way because he doesn't want his pet toy to be destroyed and stuff. And so he never manages to capture the city because of his uselessness. And I've written on his ineptitude before on this very subject. But for him, it seems the size matters, right?

I don't know if he's compensating for something, but he is certainly into the huge ships and these huge siege towers.

I don't know if he's compensating for something, but he is certainly into the huge ships and these huge siege towers.