ROMAN SEIGE WEAPONS
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VINEA
THE VINEA WAS A THAT THE ROMANS STAYED IN TO RELOAD AND TO PROTECT THEM SELVES.
IT WAS BASICALLY A HUT THAT SHEILDED SOILDERS FROM GETTING HIT ON THE HEAD.BY ROCKS.
TURRIS
THE TURRIS IS A WEAPON BANK FOR SOILDERS MEANING THEY COULD GET NEW WEAPONS FROM HERE WHEN THEY NEEDED IT ALSO HAD SPOTS FOR ARCHERS TO SHOOT OUT OF.
ONAGER
THE ONAGER A.K.A. WILD ASS WAS A CATAPULT THAT THREW SMALL ROCKS. THE ROMANS CALLED IT A WILD ASS BECAUSE THE WAY IT KICKED OUT WHEN IT WAS LAUNCHED LOOKED LIKE A DONKEY.
BALLISTA
HELEPOLIS
Tomentum
THE BALLISTA IS A TYPE OF CATAPULT THAT IS USED TO THROW ROCKS FROM 50 POUNDS TO 300 POUNDS OVER A WALL OR AT IT. MOST OF THE TIME THE HEAVIER ROCKS WOULD NOT MAKE IT OVER THE WALL.
THE TORMENTUM THROWS DARTS AND SMALL ROCKS.
THE ROMANS USED UNTIL GUNPOWDER WAS MADE
BASICALLY USED TO TORMENT THE ENEMY
THE HELEPOLIS IS A WEAPON BANK THATHAS EVEN MORE WEAPONS THAN A TURRIS AND IS ALOT LARGER. IT DOSENT HAVE WINDOWS FOR ARCHERS TO SHOOT OUT OF BUT ITS 9 FLOORS AND ITS A LOOK OUT TOWER.
MLA CITATION
"Roman Seige Weapons."
3 Apr. 2010. Web.
13 Oct.2015.