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hock: That is a fair size balista......a rival to bestia I would guess! Or is it even bigger?
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It's weight is about 1000 kg and has his own trailer. I don't have more details, but it's big, for sure.
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WOW, thats awesome!!!
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My first Centurio (he serves for some years in the attached Auxillary-Cohort of the "Römerkohorte-Opladen) tell´s me a nice story:
Years ago, the "Opladener" (that´s the nickname for the group) overshot a target with the Ballista and hit a school behind the area of the event. The ball crushed the window of a classroom, demolished some tables and chairs and the wall of the opposite :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Quote:My first Centurio
hock: what?! do you have more than one? :lol: ;-) )
... anyway, that engines are dangerous stuff 8)
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Quote:Marcus Athenobarbus:3bouzg1h Wrote:Years ago, the "Opladener" (that´s the nickname for the group) overshot a target with the Ballista and hit a school behind the area of the event. The ball crushed the window of a classroom, demolished some tables and chairs and the wall of the opposite.
Oops -- maybe some of Josephus' stories aren't so far-fetched then?!
I often wonder why anyone would doubt him on things like that.... :?
I guess he was his own worst enemy.
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Hm, i don´t know if the story is true or not, but he told it so to me!
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:roll: :lol:
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Here is another shot of their balista that I took in Marle, look at the size of the stone the soldier is holding in his hand...
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