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re: History in Pictures is a great twitter feed. Here is one just posted.
Posted on 8/7/14 at 11:05 am to Darth_Vader
Posted on 8/7/14 at 11:05 am to Darth_Vader
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What is this?
Looks like a balista or a scorpio, but the metal tanks are throwing me off.
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country of origin?
Invented by the Greeks. Perfected by the Romans.
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What's it's modern equivalent?
A howitzer or a mortar.
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Posted on 8/7/14 at 11:16 am to DrTyger
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A howitzer or a mortar.
Not exactly the same thing.
Posted on 8/7/14 at 11:17 am to DrTyger
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Looks like a balista or a scorpio, but the metal tanks are throwing me off.
It's a Scorpio (Dart-thrower)
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Invented by the Greeks. Perfected by the Romans.
Correct
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A howitzer or a mortar.
Actually this was the sniper rifle of it's day.
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During the Roman Republic and early empire, 60 scorpio per legion was the standard, or one for every centuria. The scorpio had mainly two functions in a legion. In precision shooting, it was a weapon of marksmanship capable of cutting down any foe within a distance of 100 meters.
But they did employ it as they would artillery.
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