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Hi. I am currently writing a thesis on roman siege warfare. Recently I came across Scheidels 'great-leveling' thesis, stating that mass-mobilization warfare, state failure, transformative revolution and plagues are four phenomena that level economic inequality between rich and poor. As siege warfare is quite often a form of mass mobilization warfare and total war, one would expect that in some cases economic inequality between rich and poor would level. I would like to apply Scheidels thesis on sieges involving the roman republic and empire. Scheidel gives some examples of how sieges may contribute to leveling social inequality, but does not extend too much on the topic. Do any of you know some examples of sieges where this thesis could be applied to (even if it is in a very minor form)? Or do you rather think that the thesis does not really apply to roman siege warfare? Excited to hear some of your responses and thanks in advance :)