Re:Archaeologists rebury ‘first-of-its-kind’ Roman villa
by mcguire on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @02:58PM
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As far as I know, it depends on what you mean by trebuchet. Counterpoise trebuchets (using heavy weights) are definitely medieval.
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Re:Archaeologists rebury ‘first-of-its-kind’ Roman villa
by Retric on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @05:39PM
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Yes, the giant weapons most people think of when they hear the term trebuchet is medieval improvement allowing people to further scale up the design. A mangonel (traction trebuchet) is the older design, but trebuchet is referring any scaled up staff sling.