Siege weapons can destroy buildings, but are weak against other units, especially cavalry.

The name of this siege machine translates as “taker of cities.” The name was first applied to a mobile tower constructed by Greeks to attack a city on Cyprus. This large movable tower mounted stone throwers and ballistas of different sizes, with the smallest at the top. Two hundred men pushed the tower up to the enemy walls using parallel beams extending out from its bottom. The larger weapons in the machine battered the walls while the smaller ones swept defenders off the walls in preparation for an assault.