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Roman cross-bows
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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>
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Roman cross-bows - by Theodosius the Great - 12-08-2004, 11:02 AM
Positive - by Carlton Bach - 12-08-2004, 02:47 PM
Re: Positive - by aitor iriarte - 12-08-2004, 04:06 PM
Roman Cross-Bows - by Theodosius the Great - 12-08-2004, 10:46 PM
Re: Roman Cross-Bows - by Theodosius the Great - 12-09-2004, 08:53 AM
Crossbows - by Anonymous - 12-10-2004, 11:30 AM
Re: Crossbows - by Lucius Aurelius Metellus - 12-10-2004, 03:25 PM
Re: Crossbows - by Anonymous - 12-10-2004, 03:50 PM
Re: Crossbows - by aitor iriarte - 12-10-2004, 04:30 PM
Re: Crossbows - by Anonymous - 12-10-2004, 04:46 PM
Ouch... :) - by Carlton Bach - 12-10-2004, 06:24 PM
Crossbows - by Anonymous - 12-11-2004, 11:21 AM
Re: Ouch... :) - by aitor iriarte - 12-11-2004, 01:00 PM
Re: Roman Cross-Bows - by Crispvs - 12-16-2004, 03:05 AM
Re: Roman Cross-Bows - by Jasper Oorthuys - 12-16-2004, 06:33 AM
Re: Roman Cross-Bows - by Crispvs - 12-19-2004, 05:11 PM
Re: Roman Cross-Bows - by aitor iriarte - 12-19-2004, 06:38 PM
Re: Roman Cross-Bows - by Jasper Oorthuys - 12-19-2004, 07:12 PM
Question - by Anonymous - 12-30-2004, 12:09 AM
Re: Question - by aitor iriarte - 12-30-2004, 09:44 AM
Re: Question - by Anonymous - 12-30-2004, 09:37 PM
Re: Roman cross-bows - by Anonymous - 01-15-2005, 08:04 PM

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