04-08-2018, 06:36 PM
(01-19-2018, 04:31 PM)Eleatic Guest Wrote: ... he never considers the possibility that the large rectangular windows high in the towers were meant for javelin throwers or slingers, not for the employment of early catapults.
Just noticed your thread. Apologies for the late response. I, too, have always been sceptical of this interpretation. I voiced my scepticism briefly in my 2008 review of Rihll's The Catapult here (on p. 2, column 2, last paragraph). I always meant to work it up into a longer discussion.