A point about siege ladders (Patreon)

ladders

Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/sgyy30r8uE8 In the movies, climbing a ladder to attack a castle is shown a suicidally dangerous. Was it? How did they actually use ladders in assaults on fortified places? Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Lindybeige Credits: Walls of Rome image By user:Lalupa - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=556470 Krak des Chevaliers image By Gianfranco Gazzetti / GAR, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50464723 Walls of Byzantium image By en:User:Bigdaddy1204 - Photograph taken in June 2006 in Istanbul by en:User:Bigdaddy1204. All credits go to him., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=880970 Apollodorus of Damascus image By Gun Powder Ma - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10089952 Trajan's column image By Attributed to Apollodorus of Damascus - Conrad Cichorius: "Die Reliefs der Traianssäule", Zweiter Tafelband: "Die Reliefs des Zweiten Dakischen Krieges", Tafeln 58–113, Verlag von Georg Reimer, Berlin 1900, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5122586 Chinese scaling ladder image By cncs - 摄于陕西西安长乐门城楼 photographed at City wall of Xi'an by Cncs, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1715966 Merlons image By Luis Rogelio HM - Avila Capital - 084, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=72793131 Chimera image National Archaeological Museum / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) Opening title music by David Gildas Buy the music - the music played at the end of my videos is now available here: https://lindybeige.bandcamp.com/track/the-mandeville-march Buy tat (merch): https://outloudmerch.com/collections/lindybeige More videos here: All Lindybeige: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzzh7AuEBkEmMWChgPPOQqjhkkPq_eP1X Lindybeige: a channel of archaeology, ancient and medieval warfare, rants, swing dance, travelogues, evolution, and whatever else occurs to me to make. ▼ Follow me... Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lindybeige I may have some drivel to contribute to the Twittersphere, plus you get notice of uploads. Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Lindybeige My website: http://www.LloydianAspects.co.uk Channel page: http://www.youtube.com/user/"Lindybeige"