Quote Originally Posted by Don Corleone
I think it predates the Sicilian Greeks. Didn't the Hittites use catapults to sack Nineveh?
The Hittite empire fell about 1180-1190 BC, and only a few alligned cities remained after that, such as Karchemish. The Medes and Babylonians united to destroy Ninevah in 612 BC. I'm not aware of reports of catapults at that time, but they did assault the walls and gates by some means--most likely employing standard Assyrian techniques. There are also accounts of a flood damaging the walls.