07-29-2012, 02:39 PM
Quote:Gaius Julius Caesar post=317165 Wrote:They appear to be as shown on TC.The bow-arms aren't depicted on Trajan's Column, Byron.
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One theory is that they have already "in-swung" through the frame and the machine is ready to shoot.
Hmmm so they arn't, I wonder where I got that image from (in my head) :?
How ever, it still seems a very odd method. The arm stops back this up?
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Batavian Coh I
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