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Four-Wheeled Ballista, Illustration

A four-wheeled ballista (carroballista) drawn by armored horses, from an engraving illustrating a 1552 edition of the war-machine catalog De Rebus Bellicis (c._400). The device, mounted on a wagon, is manipulated like a crossbow, shooting large arrows at enemy fortifications.

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Four-Wheeled Ballista, Illustration

Caption:

A four-wheeled ballista (carroballista) drawn by armored horses, from an engraving illustrating a 1552 edition of the war-machine catalog De Rebus Bellicis (c._400). The device, mounted on a wagon, is manipulated like a crossbow, shooting large arrows at enemy fortifications.

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3760 x 2463 px | 26.5 MB

Print size:

31.8 x 20.9 cm | 12.5 x 8.2 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

ANCIENT • ARC • ARCH • ARCHES • ARCHWAY • ARCO • ARMS: BOW AND ARROW • ARROW • ARROWS • ART • ARTWORK • BALLISTA • BALLISTAE • BALLISTAS • BOLT • BOW (WEAPON) • BOW AND ARROW • BOW • CARROBALLISTA • CATAPULT • COLORIZED • CROSSBOW • DEVICE • DRAWING • ENGRAVING • ENHANCED • FOUR-WHEELED • GATEWAY • GREEK • HUNDRED YEARS WAR • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • MISSILE • ROMAN • SOLDIER • THROWER • WAR • WARFARE • WARS • WEAPON • WEAPONARY