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en-wikipedia-org-5895		Roman siege engines - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	3863	493	71	Roman siege engines Wikipedia Up to the first century BC, the Romans utilized siege weapons only as required and relied for the most part on ladders, towers and rams to assault a fortified town. Julius Caesar took great interest in the integration of advanced siege engines, organizing their use for optimal battlefield efficiency.[2] Main article: Roman military engineering An officer of engineers, or praefectus fabrum, is referenced in armies of the late republic, but this post is not verifiable in all accounts and may have simply been a military advisor on the personal staff of a commanding officer.[2] There were legion architects (whose rank is yet unknown) who were responsible for the construction of war machines who would also assure that all artillery constructions in the field were level. Early Roman ballistae[edit] ^ Siege weapons at roman-empire.net Categories: Roman siege engines	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-5895.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-5895.txt