Events Tagged: "warfare"

La Tène culture develops - elaborate metalwork, curved designs, warrior culture spreads across Europe

Catapult invented in Syracuse - revolutionizes siege warfare

Maccabees decide to fight on Sabbath - after 1,000 killed refusing to defend on Sabbath, Mattathias permits defensive warfare

Hawkwood revolutionizes warfare - introduces English tactics, year-round campaigning, intelligence networks

First arquebuses appear in European armies - personal firearms begin replacing crossbows

Frederick the Great's artillery officers apply Euler's variational calculus to optimize cannon trajectories