Carroballista was an ancient, cart-mounted ballista, a type of mobile field artillery. According to the Roman author Vegetius (Epitoma rei militaris II...
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Ballista (section Carroballista)
spot where it entered the tree, it suspended him there a corpse. The carroballista was a cart-mounted version of the weapon. There were probably different...
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von Frundsberg. Armoured car (military) Armoured personnel carrier Carroballista Chariot Fire arrow Laager, Tabor (formation) Tank Tachanka Wagon Wagon...
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one ballista and each centuria (roughly 100 men) would receive one carroballista. In a standard legionary formation of ten cohorts and sixty centuriae...
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artillery Torsion siege engine Crew-served arrow-throwers Ballista Carroballista Catapulta Oxybeles Oyumi Polybolos Scorpio Crew-served stone-throwers...
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artillery Torsion siege engine Crew-served arrow-throwers Ballista Carroballista Catapulta Oxybeles Oyumi Polybolos Scorpio Crew-served stone-throwers...
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be used not only for defending the camp, but also in the field". The carroballista could be synonymous with, or very similar to, the scorpio mounted (and...
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artillery Torsion siege engine Crew-served arrow-throwers Ballista Carroballista Catapulta Oxybeles Oyumi Polybolos Scorpio Crew-served stone-throwers...
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Trajan's Column showing a legionary with lorica segmentata, manning a carroballista Detail of Trajan's Column Roman legionaries crossing the Danube River...
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Fukiya (Japanese) Ballista (European, Asian) Ballista elephant (Angkor) Carroballista (Roman) Catapult (European, Asian) Catapulta (Roman) Efthytonon catapult...
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