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Wednesday, 3 October 2012

Early Xmas present for Santa's list ... Perhaps

Psst ... Under the guise of a 'garden ornament' I want one of these ...


"It's a bit like a Roman 'bird table' dear" he said, stretching the bounds of credulity ...


Except until you see a Gaul or Celt ... when you can "unleash hell" ...


Boy can those things fly when they cranked up the torsion (originally a Greek idea that the Romans copied) and they only showed us a third of its potential power... Just think 54/55/56 of these (depending on who you talked to on the day) to a Legion. I think the Romans defined the concept of what "hard rain" really is ...


Somehow even if I am very, very good boy I don't think I'll get one ( but I really enjoyed the "Roman Weekend" at Hardwick Park, near Sedgefield [UK] this year :) A++, fun for all the family! 
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3 comments:

  1. Tim Gow3 October 2012 at 08:16

    How would your neighbours feel about this? It'd certainly be handy for keeping pigeons off the rooftops!

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  2. Paul´s Bods3 October 2012 at 13:30

    They really are great little weapons. At the recent dig on the newley found battlefield in the Harzberg, the archeologists reckon that these were the battlewinning element..the Germans just could´nt engage due to heavy artillery fire.
    Cheers
    paul

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  3. Geordie an Exiled FoG3 October 2012 at 21:10

    Hello Tim,

    I was thinking of roping the neighbours in as part of the ballista gun team, I'd have to keep the rate of fire up ;)

    Hello Paul's Bods,

    It's certainly documented that you could skewer several enemies with one bolt! Nasty thought a volley from 56 of these at the same times.

    Cheers
    ;)

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