Project Agrippa
Project Agrippa is an attempt to build, test and display a Roman 2 mina ballista in 2013.
The ballista is twice the size of 22AD's previous machine, Vespasian. Itll throw stones weighing 3.5kg hopefully up to 200 metres.
Agrippa will be one of the machines used for evaluation as part of a PhD thesis examining the impact of torsion artillery on ancient warfare.
The ballista will be displayed at public events and used for educational activities when compelted.
You can follow Project Agrippas progress on Facebook.
The ballista is twice the size of 22AD's previous machine, Vespasian. Itll throw stones weighing 3.5kg hopefully up to 200 metres.
Agrippa will be one of the machines used for evaluation as part of a PhD thesis examining the impact of torsion artillery on ancient warfare.
The ballista will be displayed at public events and used for educational activities when compelted.
You can follow Project Agrippas progress on Facebook.
Thumper
Thumper is a modest scale Roman onager and will be built as a pair of machines for the purposes of comparative testing.
Xanten hand ballista
This is a multiple item reconstruction of an artifact discovered in Germany of a complete torsion frame of a very small catapult which is believed by mnay, but not all, historians to have been a hand held weapon. Alan Wilkins has put forward an well reasoned argument that the machine was mounted on a frame.
One of the aspect of studying this weapon is to evaluate its potential in both the hand held and mounted role.
One of the aspect of studying this weapon is to evaluate its potential in both the hand held and mounted role.
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