Diade di Pella (349 BC - ?)

designer

Diade of Pella was one of the most important engineers following Alexander the Greta in the war expedition in Asia. He was director of many sieges and he invented several revolutionary war machines.

Orthographe également utilisé:
Diade di Pella

Curriculum Vitae

* 4. century BC		Né
4. century BC		he designed mechanisms for autolocomotion of war towers
4. century BC		he wrote a treatise on military technology that is lost
4. century BC		he studied with Polidus of Thessalia
† ?		Décédé

Images

Permanent links

DMG-Lib		https://www.dmg-lib.org/dmglib/handler?biogr=8217004
Europeana		http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2020801/dmglib_handler_biogr_8217004.html

Follow us

Newsletter

Diade di Pella (349 BC - ?)