Modern Historians about Macedonia – A. B. Bosworth

 

Now preparations for storming the city could be pressed ahead. The siege mound was gradually extended towards the walls and Alexander’s military engineers, notably the brilliant Thessalian Diades, constructed the most formidable offensive arsenal yet seen in Hellenic siege warfare.

 

“Conquest and Empire:The Reign of Alexander the Great”, A.B.Bosworth,page 66