Helepolis (Greek: ἑλέπολις, meaning: "Taker of Cities") is the Greek name for a movable siege tower. The most famous was that invented by Polyidus of Thessaly, and improved by Demetrius I of Macedon and Epimachus of Athens, for the Siege of Rhodes (305 BC).

Jul 28, 2023 · The Helepolis and the other siege engines were abandoned after the siege failed, and the people of Rhodes used the materials and money to construct the Colossus of Rhodes, a statue of their patron god Helios that is now known as one of …

Demetrius I, King of Macedon, invented many siege engines including battering rams and siege towers. For the Siege of Rhodes, he created the Helepolis, the Taker of Cities, a huge armored siege tower containing many heavy catapults.

Jul 26, 2019 · The Helepolis was a large tapering tower about 40 meters tall, built of timber and armored by iron plates. The interior was divided into several stories where hundreds of men lay waiting to attack the city walls with rock catapults and battering rams.

Nov 22, 2024 · First unleashed by the Terran Hegemony in 2460, the Helepolis is a ponderous BattleMech designed to deliver artillery fire. The 'Mech was proven ineffective on multiple occasions and, following the destruction of the production facilities in 2775 , the design was lost during the Succession Wars .

Helepolis (Greek: ἑλέπολις, meaning: "Taker of Cities") is the Greek name for a movable siege tower. Quick Facts Type, Place of origin ... A Helepolis-like Siege Engine showing catapults, stairs and movement capstan.

Helepolis (Greek: ἑλέπολις, English: "Taker of Cities") was an ancient siege engine. It was used in the unsuccessful siege of Rhodes in 305 BC. It is based on an earlier, smaller design used against Salamis in 306 BC. The name was taken from the Greek "ελείν πόλεις", meaning destroyer of cities. [1] .

A student of Polyides (or Polydus) of Thessaly invented many siege engines for Alexander cited by Athenaeus and Vitruvius. He constructed movable towers, battering rams, scaling engines used to scale walls, boarding bridges to board on enemy ships during naval operations as described by Vito and Athenaeus the Peripatic.

The Helepolis (Greek: ἑλέπολις, "Taker of Cities") was a formidable ancient Greek siege engine, famously designed and used during the Hellenistic period. It was essentially a massive, mobile siege tower equipped with various weapons and defenses, intended to breach the walls of …

Probably his most fearsome device was an enormous wheeled fortified tower called Helepolis (the "Taker of Cities"). This tower was 50 feet square at its base, more than 100 feet tall, and was armed with its own banks of catapults and sling throwers.