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What were "sambucae" used for during the Siege of Syracuse in 212 BC?

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Scaling Walls
Slitting Enemy Throats
Sailing Ships
Digging Trenches

Scaling Walls. During the Siege of Syracuse, it was rumored that Archimedes used giant mirrors to light the Roman sails from a distance.

 

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