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Piston driven ballista.
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12-02-2008, 10:12 AM
I remember a description in Marsden's book on Greek and Roman Artillery of a piston powered ballista (which Marsden pretty much dismissed out of hand) but I can't find it now. Anyone know which of the old texts it was in?

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12-02-2008, 12:59 PM
Philon, Bel. 77-8.
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12-02-2008, 07:17 PM
They actually just showed a recreation of that perticular ballista on the History Channel Series "Ancient Discoveries"
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12-03-2008, 10:20 AM
Brilliant Alexander, thanks very much.
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12-03-2008, 10:27 AM
It's in Marsden's Technical Treatises. It 's on pages 152-155 with an additional note (#123) on page 184.
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