A reconstructed trebuchet, Château de Castelnaud, Dordogne, France.

Taking of the fortress of Maarat, by Henri Decaisne (1843) Chateau de Versailles: Les Collections

The Siege of Nicaea, 1097 CE (map by Gabriel Moss)

The march from Antioch to Jerusalem, 1099 CE (Map by Gabriel Moss)

The thirst suffered by the first Crusaders (1852), by Alessandro Guardassoni (Bologna, Pinacoteca Nazionale, Inv. 645

The capture of Antioch

The Capture of Antioch by Bohmond of Tarento, June 1098 (painting by L. Gaillat, 1840)

The Orontes River (now the Far) near Antioch (now Antakya)

3rd century graffito of a cataphract (clibanarius), from Dura-Europus (Yale University Art Gallery)

a cataphract; Persian cavalryman in plate armor (6th century)

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