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Did you know that, during the siege of Martyropolis, Byzantine forces constructed a tall tower inside the city walls with a machine capable of dropping large stones to damage Persian siege engines?
Between July and November 531 AD, the Byzantine city of Martyropolis was besieged by an invading Sasanian army during the Iberian War. The Iberian War stemmed from competition between the Byzantines and Persians for control of the Kingdom of Iberia in the Caucasus region. The war began when the Kingdom of Iberia sought the protection of the Byzantine Empire.
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