05-13-2013, 06:15 AM
Roman military tactics seem to have favored offensive operations, at least more so than the Greeks who raised
siege warfare and it's technolgy almost to an art. Despite the fact that ballistae and even the early scorpions
were not ideally suited for mobile field warfare, the Romans adopted and used them widely enough that they seem
to have taken them nearly everywhere. Many of their developments seem to have focused on making the lighter weapons
more useful in open-field warfare. As case can be made that with the development of the iron-framed arrow shooting
ballista and further modification of an itallic Ashaped base developed in the early Pricipate they were able
to arrive at the first true field-artillery piece, the carroballista.
siege warfare and it's technolgy almost to an art. Despite the fact that ballistae and even the early scorpions
were not ideally suited for mobile field warfare, the Romans adopted and used them widely enough that they seem
to have taken them nearly everywhere. Many of their developments seem to have focused on making the lighter weapons
more useful in open-field warfare. As case can be made that with the development of the iron-framed arrow shooting
ballista and further modification of an itallic Ashaped base developed in the early Pricipate they were able
to arrive at the first true field-artillery piece, the carroballista.
P. Clodius Secundus (Randi Richert), Legio III Cyrenaica
"Caesar\'s Conquerors"
"Caesar\'s Conquerors"
