ANCIENT CATAPULTS SOME HYPOTHESES REEXAMINED.
Recent summaries and overviews of the development of ancient catapults have mistaken working hypotheses for established fact. Key areas of misunderstanding include the invention of the catapult, the development of the torsion principle, the meaning of the terms euthytone and palintone, and the possi...
| Publicado en: | Hesperia Vol. 80; no. 4; pp. 677 - 701 |
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American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Oct2011
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