How decisive were missile weapons in battle?

[D B Campbell]

Duncan Campbell has argued that this was not the first use of stonethrowing artillery recorded, but that the 'stonethrowers' were men lobbing pebbles by hand over the Phocian troops heads from the hillsides.

Hmm, not quite how I remember my explanation. No mention of "pebbles" in this thread.

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