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Carroballista, the Glossary

Index Carroballista

Carroballista was an ancient, cart-mounted ballista, a type of mobile field artillery.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 15 relations: Ancient Rome, Ballista, Ballista elephant, Centuria, Cheiroballistra, Column of Marcus Aurelius, Contubernium (Roman army unit), De rebus bellicis, Decanus, Roman army, Roman legion, Roman siege engines, Scientific American, Trajan's Column, Vegetius.

  2. Ancient Greek artillery
  3. Projectile weapons
  4. Roman artillery
  5. Roman siege engines

Ancient Rome

In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

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Ballista

The ballista (Latin, from Greek βαλλίστρα ballistra and that from βάλλω ballō, "throw"), plural ballistae, sometimes called bolt thrower, was an ancient missile weapon that launched either bolts or stones at a distant target. Carroballista and ballista are ancient Greek artillery, Projectile weapons, Roman artillery and Roman siege engines.

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Ballista elephant

A ballista elephant, also known as a Khmer ballista, is a war elephant mounted with a simple or double-bowed ballista which was used by the Angkorian civilization.

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Centuria

Centuria (centuriae) is a Latin term (from the stem centum meaning one hundred) denoting military units originally consisting of 100 men.

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Cheiroballistra

The cheiroballistra (χειροβαλλίστρα) or manuballista (Latin), which translates in all its forms to "hand ballista", was an imperial-era Roman siege engine. Carroballista and cheiroballistra are Roman artillery and Roman siege engines.

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Column of Marcus Aurelius

The Column of Marcus Aurelius (Columna Centenaria Divorum Marci et Faustinae, Colonna di Marco Aurelio) is a Roman victory column in Piazza Colonna, Rome, Italy.

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Contubernium (Roman army unit)

The contubernium (Latin for 'tenting-together') was the smallest organized unit of soldiers in the Roman Army and was composed of ten legionaries, essentially the equivalent of a modern squad, although unlike modern squads contubernia seemed to serve no tactical role in battle.

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De rebus bellicis

("On the Things of Wars") is an anonymous work of the 4th or 5th century which suggests remedies for the military and financial problems in the Roman Empire, including a number of fanciful war machines.

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Decanus

Decanus means "chief of ten" in Late Latin.

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Roman army

The Roman army (Latin: exercitus Romanus) was the armed forces deployed by the Romans throughout the duration of Ancient Rome, from the Roman Kingdom (753 BC–509 BC) to the Roman Republic (509 BC–27 BC) and the Roman Empire (27 BC–476 AD), and its medieval continuation, the Eastern Roman Empire.

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Roman legion

The Roman legion (legiō), the largest military unit of the Roman army, was composed of Roman citizens serving as legionaries.

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Roman siege engines

Roman siege engines were, for the most part, adapted from Hellenistic siege technology.

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Scientific American

Scientific American, informally abbreviated SciAm or sometimes SA, is an American popular science magazine.

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Trajan's Column

Trajan's Column (Colonna Traiana, Columna Traiani) is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars.

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Vegetius

Publius (or Flavius) Vegetius Renatus, known as Vegetius, was a writer of the Later Roman Empire (late 4th century).

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See also

Ancient Greek artillery

Projectile weapons

Roman artillery

Roman siege engines

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carroballista