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1. Siege Tower

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   Countermeasures
   Defenders universally recognized the threat posed by these towering structures. The most direct countermeasure was to ignite the tower using large incendiary projectiles, such as Greek Fire or bundles saturated with pitch. However, a less obvious, yet historically significant, defense involved manipulating the immediate ground conditions. By flooding the approach moat or saturating the [ground](/entries/gr…