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Springald, Ancient Roman Warfare

Entitled: "Disciplina militar de, catapulta machina de guerra de las antiguas"; taken from Discours sur la religion des anciens Romains by Guillaume du Choul, 1579. A Springald, or espringal, is mechanical artillery device for throwing large bolts and less commonly stones or Greek fire. It was constructed on the same principles as a Greek or Roman ballista (an ancient missile weapon that launched a large projectile at a distant target), but with inward swinging arms. It was also known as a skein-bow, and was a torsion device using twisted skeins of silk or sinew to power two bow-arms.
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Springald, Ancient Roman Warfare
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Entitled: "Disciplina militar de, catapulta machina de guerra de las antiguas"; taken from Discours sur la religion des anciens Romains by Guillaume du Choul, 1579. A Springald, or espringal, is mechanical artillery device for throwing large bolts and less commonly stones or Greek fire. It was constructed on the same principles as a Greek or Roman ballista (an ancient missile weapon that launched a large projectile at a distant target), but with inward swinging arms. It was also known as a skein-bow, and was a torsion device using twisted skeins of silk or sinew to power two bow-arms.
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3900 x 2665 px | 29.7 MB
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33.0 x 22.6 cm | 13.0 x 8.9 in (300 dpi)
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