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Semiramis as a leader in war (1)

Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources 12 Assyrian Identity 12.02 Assyrian identity in post-Empire times 12.02.03 Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources Siege methods and equipment 09 Army and warfare 09.04 Siege methods and equipment	Keywords Bactria Semiramis
Period 1st century BCE Roman Empire	Channel Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
Diodorus Siculus 2.6.7-8:
Now when Semiramis arrived in Bactriana and observed the progress of the siege, she noted that it was on the plains and at positions which were easily assailed that attacks were being made, but that no one ever assaulted the acropolis because of its strong position, and that its defenders had left their posts there and were coming to the aid of those who were hard pressed on the walls below. Consequently, taking with her such soldiers as were accustomed to clambering up rocky heights, and making her way with them up through a certain difficult ravine, she seized a part of the acropolis and gave a signal to those who were besieging the wall down in the plain. Thereupon the defenders of the city, struck with terror at the seizure of the height, left the walls and abandoned all hope of saving themselves.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Diodorus Siculus 2.6.7-8

Bibliography

Oldfather 1960, I 368-369

Oldfather, C. H. Diodorus of Sicily. 12 Vols. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, London: Heinemann 1960.

Amar Annus

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