poliorcética 25
Of polys pennyroyals, city and erkos erkeos, wall, defense, fenced, enclosure. Poliorkeo means to besiege, to block. Military discipline that deals with the different techniques of attack and defense of strongholds or fortresses. The Macedonian king Demetrius I of the Hellenistic period was nicknamed Poliorcetes for his detreza in the siege of the cities.