[SLB]

During the years of the "black death" didn't armies use bodies of those who died from the plague as projectiles from catapults?

[TrebleRebel]

This is how Meselson arrived at his bee feces theory.

[facedown]

Ethically, there was a good deal of conflict about using anything except bare steel in honourable combat.

Jacketed lead works for me.

[boris]

"If you are under Roman siege in the middle of a desert, a scorpion bomb seems like a very good idea. Collect a bunch of lethal scorpions and, very carefully, seal them in clay pots. Hurl the pots at the attackers as needed."

Didn't Dr. Phibes use a variation of this in his second movie?

--Boris

[gaijin]

marking

[StriperSniper]

The fourth-century BC Indian writer and strategist Kautilya advocated full-on biological warfare, complete with formulas for gonorrhea-producing smoke

Ho' bombs!

[coloradan]

Armies were stupefied by hellebore, and, Mandrake, contaminated wine and tainted honey left for them to find when they overran enemy camps.

Mandrake, I told you that only pure grain alcohol and rainwater are the only things a man should drink.

[SunkenCiv]

Cyclops Myth Spurred by One-Eyed Fossils?
National Geographic NEWS ^ | 02/05/03 | Hillary Mayell
Posted on 02/08/2003 8:01:23 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/839013/posts

American troops launch 'Exorcist' tour at ancient temple
The Sunday Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | 01/04/04 | Colin Freeman
Posted on 01/03/2004 3:12:38 PM PST by Pokey78
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1051064/posts

...Hatra's defensive record against invading superpowers, which involved using early forms of chemical and biological weapons. Naptha bombs and jars of desert scorpions were poured over the outer wall to successfully repel Roman invaders , according to the classical folklorist Adrienne Mayor... The city was left in ruins after it was sacked and burnt by Sapor, the Sassanian Persian king, in AD 241. The impressive temple complex dedicated to several Hatrene gods, the chief of which was the sun god Shamash, lies in the very centre of its limestone and gypsum walls.

Bio Warfare Rears Its Head- The Ancient world USED IT!!!(MUST READ!)
Newsday ^ | January 13, 2004 | By Bryn Nelson
Posted on 01/30/2004 7:18:50 AM PST by vannrox
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1068312/posts