04-13-2006, 09:23 PM
Quote:Another key point would be the material of the spring ropes, as John has pointed out. I really look forward anxiously to see it published soon (in German I guess!)<br>Actually it was called "Gastrafetes" = released from the belly. It was said to be rested on the groin when ready to shoot.
I forgot to mention that the Greeks also used such kind of manuballistae. At Ephyra, in a fortification destroyed in second century BC, a modiolus of the same small size was was recovered.<br>
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Aitor
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