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    De rebus bellicis ("On the Things of Wars") is an anonymous work of the 4th or 5th century which suggests remedies for the military and financial problems...
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    soldiers to throw them effectively over long distances. The Roman work De rebus bellicis and the Byzantine manual of war Strategicon, confirm their use and...
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    1200 yards (1,100 m). The weapon was named ballista fulminalis in De rebus bellicis: "From this ballista, darts were projected not only in great number...
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  • means of propulsion comes from the 4th–5th century military treatise De Rebus Bellicis (chapter XVII), where the anonymous Roman author describes an ox-driven...
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    This at least is a reasonable interpretation of the rather enigmatic De rebus bellicis section 12-14. In the northern Sahara nomadic tribes called Pharusii...
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    propulsion comes from the fourth– or fifth-century military treatise De Rebus Bellicis (chapter XVII), where the anonymous Roman author describes an ox-driven...
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  • Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus' De Re Militari (4th century), or military technology, such as De rebus bellicis (4th to 5th century). Some early testimonies...
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    four-wheel cart with a mounted ballista, as described in the book De Rebus Bellicis. Many scholars do not have an opinion about this problem, due to scarce...
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    Machines (Περὶ μηχανημάτων, Greek & Latin, partial text) De rebus bellicis [10] De Rebus Bellicis (Latin) Heron of Alexandria [11] Archived 2012-06-02 at...
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    Constantine the Great (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
    NY: Canisius College, 2009. Online at De Imperatoribus Romanis. Retrieved 15 August 2009. De Rebus Bellicis (On Military Matters) fourth/fifth century...
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