the engine maybe classed as an evOvrovov. The gunners wear the ordinarycostume of legionaries; and there is in fact no evidence to showthat the Roman artillery was served by a special corps of trainedmen. The historians and military writers, on the contrary, implythat any legionary was competent to… … Fig. 41 a. doubtless an artillery preparation was effective in clearing thebattlements of their defenders before an attempt was made toscale them with ladders. The calibre of the catapulta was deter-mined by the length of the arrow, which varied from 3 spans(rpto-Trt^a/xo?), i.e. 27 inches, to 3…
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