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Carroballista

Carroballista was an ancient, cart-mounted ballista, a type of mobile field artillery. According to the Roman author Vegetius (Epitoma rei militaris II.25), each legion had 55 carroballistae (one per centuria) which were arrow/bolt-shooter of the cheiroballistra (Greek: χειροβαλλίστρα) type. Vegetius says that each carroballista was carried by mules and…

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Roman siege engineHero of AlexandriaScorpioCrossbowsRoman army
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De Rebus Bellicis
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BallistaRomanVegetiusLegionCenturia
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Carroballista

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Triples19
Avg. degree1.91
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related to Structure · 9
Carroballista → AD, Alexandria, Designed, Greek, Hero, In, It, Roman, The
related to Shooting position · 7
Carroballista → According, But, It, Scene XL, The, This, Trajan's
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Carroballista → Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2

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ballista cart roman cheiroballistra ballistae trajan's column scene greek mules lxvi one structure vegetius machine whole probably artillery representation xl

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Carroballistarelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
Carroballistarelated to External linksMedia0.60section
Carroballistarelated to External linksWikimedia Commons0.60section
Carroballistarelated to Shooting positionAccording0.60section
Carroballistarelated to Shooting positionTrajan's0.60section
Carroballistarelated to Shooting positionScene XL0.60section
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Carroballistarelated to Shooting positionBut0.60section
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Carroballistarelated to StructureRoman0.60section

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