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Definitions of ballista in various dictionaries:
noun - an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges
noun - an ancient weapon
BALLISTA - The ballista (Latin, from Greek ballistra and that from ball, "throw"), plural ballistae, sometimes called bolt thrower, was an ancient missile wea...
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| An ancient and medieval engine of warfare used to hurl heavy projectiles at a target. |
| a catapult used in ancient warfare for hurling large stones. |
| medieval artillery used during sieges a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles |
| A catapult used in ancient warfare for hurling large stones. |
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The ballista (Latin, from Greek ballistra and that from ball, "throw"), plural ballistae, sometimes called bolt thrower, was an ancient missile weapon that launched a large projectile at a distant target. * Possibly the earliest mention of ballistae occurs in a description of weapons made by King Uzziah, who reigned over the Kingdom of Judah in the eighth century BC: "And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong."Developed from earlier Greek weapons, it relied upon different mechanics, using two levers with torsion springs instead of a tension prod (the bow part of a modern crossbow), offering much greater efficiency over tension based weaponry. The springs consisting of several loops of twisted skeins. Early versions projected heavy darts or spherical stone projectiles of various sizes for siege warfare. It |