The cheiroballistra (Greek: χειροβαλλίστρα) or manuballista (Latin), which translates in all its forms to "hand ballista", was an imperial-era Roman siege...
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carroballistae (one per centuria) which were arrow/bolt-shooter of the cheiroballistra type. Vegetius tells us that each carroballista was carried by mules...
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Ballista (section Cheiroballistra and manuballista)
weapon. There were probably different models of ballista under the cheiroballistra class, at least two different two-wheeled models and one model with...
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have survived: two treatises by Heron of Alexandria, Belopoeika and Cheiroballistra; and the books by Biton of Pergamon, Philo of Byzantium and Vitruvius...
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Catapult Lithobolos Mangonel Onager Trebuchet Hand-held weapons Bow Cheiroballistra Crossbow Gastraphetes Javelin Kestros Mesangylon Repeating crossbow...
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Kestros Sling Woomera Elastic propulsion Bow Crossbow Repeating crossbow Cheiroballistra Slingshot Pneumatic Blowgun Explosive propulsion Fire lance Hand cannon...
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Catapult Lithobolos Mangonel Onager Trebuchet Hand-held weapons Bow Cheiroballistra Crossbow Gastraphetes Javelin Kestros Mesangylon Repeating crossbow...
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(European) Bullet bow, English bullet bow, pellet crossbow (European) Cheiroballistra, hirovallistra hand ballista (Roman, Greek) Crossbow (European, Chinese)...
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firing weapons such as arcuballista and manuballista respectively cheiroballistra. While most scholars agree that one or more of these terms refer to...
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Catapult Lithobolos Mangonel Onager Trebuchet Hand-held weapons Bow Cheiroballistra Crossbow Gastraphetes Javelin Kestros Mesangylon Repeating crossbow...
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