The assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March, 44 BC, remains one of history’s most dramatic and studied events. The image of the powerful dictator falling under a flurry of daggers, particularly at the hands of those he considered friends, has been immortalized in literature and popular culture. A persistent detail that often…

For centuries, popular imagination, fueled by films, video games, and often simplified historical accounts, has painted a vivid picture of medieval warfare: massive catapults hurling colossal stones against fortified castle walls. While the image is undeniably iconic, it perpetuates a pervasive myth: that these formidable siege engines were solely used to hurl rocks. The truth,…