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Roman weapons  home nero aquaducts coliseum roads war merchint The Romans had several weapons. Like the balistica, a giant wooden crossbow. They also had the trebuchet, a massive catapult. Then they had swords, which were made of iron, which was an infantry weapon. Another common infantry weapon was the spear. Then they had shields for defense. The balistica was a giant wooden crossbow. Its arrows were called bolts because of the arrows size. The balistica could fire up to 400 yards effectively, which many believe contributed to the phrase, a bolt from the blue. The trebuchet was a massive catapult. It was the main roman siege weapon. It fired rocks, iron balls, or any thing else that could be used to break a wall. It had a wheel that cranked the arm of the catapult down, then the arm was secured with a rope. The rope was cut, dropping a counter weight, flinging the projectile. The infantry cared a sword and a spear. The spear shaft was weak so that when it hit its target, it bent and couldn’t be used again. If it struck a shelled, the career of the shield would half to through the shield away because of the spear in it. The sword was made of iron. It was Shorter than other swords of the era, making it more lightweight and more moveable. The infantry also wore iron armor. It was not a single sheet of iron, but multiple pieces of iron for more movement. The roman weapons helped give us many things. Like steel, one of the most used metals today. They even helped us with bullet proof armor that saves many in war today. If you were a man in Rome, you were expected to be in the army for years.

A trebuchet



A small scale balistica