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Roman Weapons

The Ancients

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The Artillery Devices of the Roman Legions

This is one of the artillery devices that we would have seen in these roman legions. They ranged in size from hand held almost like a large crossbow. We're told also that for sieges such mesada, the artillery was brought pre fabricated and assembled. When you look at the stone balls that were shot up to the top of mesada, they're bigger than footballs.

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