07-08-2008, 09:40 PM
Hi Stefan,
I thought I was fairly clear in the article but obviously not. Briefly, I reckon the Avars used the trebuchet and brought it with them on their invasions of the Byzantine empire. The Byzantines were impressed by its simplicity and copied it. However the Avars were impressed by the accuracy of the Byzantine torsion artillery and tried to adopt it. Hope this clears it up.
I thought I was fairly clear in the article but obviously not. Briefly, I reckon the Avars used the trebuchet and brought it with them on their invasions of the Byzantine empire. The Byzantines were impressed by its simplicity and copied it. However the Avars were impressed by the accuracy of the Byzantine torsion artillery and tried to adopt it. Hope this clears it up.
Stephen McCotter
