03-01-2012, 09:41 PM
Quote:Their suggestion was that Roman soldiers could have saved their waste, put it in bags that were tied together and lit on fire, and then flung these bundles over a wall.Boy, those defenders will feel really foolish when they stamp out the fires! :wink:
If you can wait for Ancient Warfare magazine, Vol. VI, Issue 1 (March, 2012), there's an article on "chemical warfare" at third-century Dura-Europos.