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Seems like they reinvented siege warfare. Caesar did something similar in the Battle of Alesia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Alesia




That's mentioned in the article along with another historical precedents.


Huh, I missed that when I skimmed over the summary at the end.




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