Siegecraft in Ancient Greece

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Siegecraft originated in Ancient Greece.^{[citation needed]} This type of siege originated from the moment in which the stage of the mere siege was surpassed by an exceptional development of military techniques,^{[clarification needed]} which were hardly taken any further during the Middle Ages, until the invention of firearms. The importance of siege techniques was due to the increase in the strategic role of the city to the detriment of the territory in the overall defense of the polis.