TIL about Sébastien Le Prestre, Marquis of Vauban, a…
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TIL about Sébastien Le Prestre, Marquis of Vauban, a military engineer who invented ricochet firing, parallel trenches, built 33 fortresses, and advocated for a fairer taxation on citizens in a tract later destroyed by royal decree.
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