12-10-2004, 03:25 PM
Hi Carus,<br>
Thanks for that photograph. Isn't that amazing?!! Such a weapon proves how sophisticated the ancient peoples actually were. I would imagine that Dionysius' repeating catapulta had a magazine that operated on the same or similar principles as the magazine of the Chinese crossbow, except the Roman repeating catapulta had a chain which operated its action. The chain looked vaguely similar to a modern bicycle chain. Thanks again for that information! <p>Lucius Aurelius Metellus, draconarius, Secunda Brittanica</p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p200.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=luciusaureliusmetellus@romanarmytalk>Lucius Aurelius Metellus</A> <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v384/Lucius68/Lucius.jpg" BORDER=0> at: 12/10/04 4:27 pm<br></i>
Thanks for that photograph. Isn't that amazing?!! Such a weapon proves how sophisticated the ancient peoples actually were. I would imagine that Dionysius' repeating catapulta had a magazine that operated on the same or similar principles as the magazine of the Chinese crossbow, except the Roman repeating catapulta had a chain which operated its action. The chain looked vaguely similar to a modern bicycle chain. Thanks again for that information! <p>Lucius Aurelius Metellus, draconarius, Secunda Brittanica</p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p200.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=luciusaureliusmetellus@romanarmytalk>Lucius Aurelius Metellus</A> <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v384/Lucius68/Lucius.jpg" BORDER=0> at: 12/10/04 4:27 pm<br></i>
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