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	=====Introduction=====		=====Introduction=====

	The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballista '''Ballista'''] ''(plural Ballistae)'' were similar to giant [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossbow '''Crossbows'''] but instead of being powered by '''[[Tension]]''' when drawing back a bow, the Romans developed into a more powerful '''[[Torsion]]''' device by pulling back on levers set into twisted skeins of rope, hair, or sinew.		The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballista '''Ballista'''] ''(plural Ballistae)'' were similar to giant [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossbow '''Crossbows'''] but instead of being powered by '''[[Tension]]''' when drawing back a bow, the Romans developed it into a more powerful '''[[Torsion]]''' device by pulling back on levers set into twisted skeins of rope, hair, or sinew.

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	<span style="color: red">'''Safety Point!'''		<span style="color: red">'''Safety Point!'''
	~~Make~~ Make [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javelin Javelins] from Art Straws or '''[[Dowel]]''' blunted with a wooden bead on its end for example - NEVER use anything sharp or heavy		Make [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javelin Javelins] from Art Straws or '''[[Dowel]]''' blunted with a wooden bead on its end for example - NEVER use anything sharp or heavy
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	[[File:Ballistae.png \|750px\|center\|Model Ballistae]]		[[File:Ballistae.png \|750px\|center\|Model Ballistae]]

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	~~<span style="color: blue">'''Activity:'''~~
	Find out about Roman Siege Equipment ''(e.g. [[Vinea]], [[Vinea\|Pluteus]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantlet Mantelet], [[Testudo (model)]], [[Musculus]], [[Siege Tower Model\|Helepolis]], [[Siege Tower Model\|Turris]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvus_(boarding_device) Corvus], [[Ballista\|Ballista (aka Scorpion)]], [[Onager]], [[Aries (Battering Ram)]]'' and construct a working model or models using '''[[:Category:Stripwood Technology\|Stripwood Technology]]'''.
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	{{Box Modelling Buyers Guide}}		{{Box Modelling Buyers Guide}}

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	* Make [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javelin javelin] type ammunition from a length of '''[[Dowel]]''' with a wooden bead or polystyrene ball for example, glued on the end.		* Make [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javelin javelin] type ammunition from a length of '''[[Dowel]]''' with a wooden bead or polystyrene ball for example, glued on the end.

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			<span style="color: red">'''Safety Point!'''
			Make Make [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javelin Javelins] from Art Straws or '''[[Dowel]]''' blunted with a wooden bead on its end for example - NEVER use anything sharp or heavy
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	~~<span style="color: red">'''Safety Point!'''~~
	~~Use table tennis balls, squash balls or wooden beads as ammunition for example - NEVER use anything sharp or heavy~~
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	<span style="color: blue">'''Activity:'''		<span style="color: blue">'''Activity:'''

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	* Cut a rectangle of '''[[Paper and Card\|Thick Card]]''' ''(210mm x 100mm)'' and cut narrow strips ''(210mm x 25mm)'' to form the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chassis '''Chassis'''].		* Cut a rectangle of '''[[Paper and Card\|Thick Card]]''' ''(210mm x 100mm)'' and cut narrow strips ''(210mm x 25mm)'' to form the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chassis '''Chassis'''].
	* Hold strips of timber in a small '''[[Stripwood_Technology_Tools#Holding_and_Clamping\|Clamp-on Vice]]''' and cut to length of 210mm using a '''[[Stripwood_Technology_Tools#Sawing_and_Cutting\|Junior Hacksaw]]''' - these will be used to stiffen the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chassis '''Chassis'''].		* Hold strips of timber in a small '''[[Stripwood_Technology_Tools#Holding_and_Clamping\|Clamp-on Vice]]''' and cut to length of 210mm using a '''[[Stripwood_Technology_Tools#Sawing_and_Cutting\|Junior Hacksaw]]''' - these will be used to stiffen the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chassis '''Chassis'''].
	* If the ''Ballista''' is to be put on a wheeled chassis, [[Stripwood_Technology_Materials#Wood_Based\|clothes pegs]] can be used as wheel bearings ''(see the '''DT Online''' article '''[[Rolling Chassis]]''' for other ways to make the '''Ballistae''' mobile)''.		* If the '''Ballista''' is to be put on a wheeled chassis, [[Stripwood_Technology_Materials#Wood_Based\|clothes pegs]] can be used as wheel bearings ''(see the '''DT Online''' article '''[[Rolling Chassis]]''' for other ways to make the '''Ballistae''' mobile)''.
	* Reinforce three card plates, 75mm x 50mm, and pivot them together with dowel and PVC tube spacers to create a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_joint '''Universal Joint'''] as shown, and mount it to the centre of the card [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chassis '''Chassis'''] with the 210mm lengths of '''[[:Category:Stripwood Technology\|Stripwood]]'''.		* Reinforce three card plates, 75mm x 50mm, and pivot them together with dowel and PVC tube spacers to create a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_joint '''Universal Joint'''] as shown, and mount it to the centre of the card [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chassis '''Chassis'''] with the 210mm lengths of '''[[:Category:Stripwood Technology\|Stripwood]]'''.

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-The design was based on a huge dart or javelin throwing machine but could easily be modified to shoot rocks for example. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballista '''Ballista'''] would loose projectiles with great force along a flat trajectory. The Romans developed them to have range of as much as 460m but their effective combat range was much shorter. Different size '''Ballistae''' were built, some smaller versions were called a '''Scorpions''' ''(they would ‘sting’ the enemy)'' and others were capable of being mounted on the top of a '''[[Siege Tower]]'''
+The design was based on a huge dart or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javelin javelin] throwing machine but could easily be modified to shoot rocks for example. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballista '''Ballista'''] would loose projectiles with great force along a flat trajectory. The Romans developed them to have range of as much as 460m but their effective combat range was much shorter. Different size '''Ballistae''' were built, some smaller versions were called a '''Scorpions''' ''(they would ‘sting’ the enemy)'' and others were capable of being mounted on the top of a '''[[Siege Tower]]'''
 The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballista '''Ballista'''] was highly accurate and generally believed they would have been used mainly as anti-personnel weapons, or to destroy light structures, whereas less accurate weapons such as an '''[[Onager]]''', could hit reinforced wood or heavy masonry with more force by ejecting heavier munitions.
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			=====Introduction=====

	The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballista '''Ballista'''] ''(plural Ballistae)'' were similar to giant [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossbow '''Crossbows'''] but instead of being powered by '''[[Tension]]''' when drawing back a bow, the Romans developed into a more powerful '''[[Torsion]]''' device by pulling back on levers set into twisted skeins of rope, hair, or sinew.		The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballista '''Ballista'''] ''(plural Ballistae)'' were similar to giant [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossbow '''Crossbows'''] but instead of being powered by '''[[Tension]]''' when drawing back a bow, the Romans developed into a more powerful '''[[Torsion]]''' device by pulling back on levers set into twisted skeins of rope, hair, or sinew.

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	[[Category:The Romans]]		[[Category:The Romans]]
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[[File:Ballista (PSF).png|300px|right|Ballista]]

The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballista '''Ballista'''] ''(plural Ballistae)'' were similar to giant [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossbow '''Crossbows'''] but instead of being powered by '''[[Tension]]''' when drawing back a bow, the Romans developed into a more powerful '''[[Torsion]]''' device by pulling back on levers set into twisted skeins of rope, hair, or sinew.

The design was based on a huge dart or javelin throwing machine but could easily be modified to shoot rocks for example. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballista '''Ballista'''] would loose projectiles with great force along a flat trajectory. The Romans developed them to have range of as much as 460m but their effective combat range was much shorter. Different size '''Ballistae''' were built, some smaller versions were called a '''Scorpions''' ''(they would ‘sting’ the enemy)'' and others were capable of being mounted on the top of a '''[[Siege Tower]]'''

The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballista '''Ballista'''] was highly accurate and generally believed they would have been used mainly as anti-personnel weapons, or to destroy light structures, whereas less accurate weapons such as an '''[[Onager]]''', could hit reinforced wood or heavy masonry with more force by ejecting heavier munitions.
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<span style="color: blue">'''Activity:'''
Find out about Roman Siege Equipment ''(e.g. [[Vinea]], [[Vinea|Pluteus]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantlet Mantelet], [[Testudo (model)]], [[Musculus]], [[Siege Tower Model|Helepolis]], [[Siege Tower Model|Turris]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvus_(boarding_device) Corvus], [[Ballista|Ballista (aka Scorpion)]], [[Onager]], [[Aries (Battering Ram)]]'' and construct a working model or models using '''[[:Category:Stripwood Technology|Stripwood Technology]]'''.
</span>
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{{Box Modelling Buyers Guide}}

[[Category:The Romans]]

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	* Cut a rectangle of '''[[Paper and Card\|Thick Card]]''' ''(210mm x 100mm)'' and cut narrow strips ''(210mm x 25mm)'' to form the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chassis '''Chassis'''].		* Cut a rectangle of '''[[Paper and Card\|Thick Card]]''' ''(210mm x 100mm)'' and cut narrow strips ''(210mm x 25mm)'' to form the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chassis '''Chassis'''].
	* Hold strips of timber in a small '''[[Stripwood_Technology_Tools#Holding_and_Clamping\|Clamp-on Vice]]''' and cut to length of 210mm using a '''[[Stripwood_Technology_Tools#Sawing_and_Cutting\|Junior Hacksaw]]''' - these will be used to stiffen the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chassis '''Chassis'''].		* Hold strips of timber in a small '''[[Stripwood_Technology_Tools#Holding_and_Clamping\|Clamp-on Vice]]''' and cut to length of 210mm using a '''[[Stripwood_Technology_Tools#Sawing_and_Cutting\|Junior Hacksaw]]''' - these will be used to stiffen the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chassis '''Chassis'''].
	* If the ''Ballista''' is to be put on a wheeled chassis, [[Stripwood_Technology_Materials#Wood_Based\|clothes pegs]] can be used as wheel bearings ''(see the '''DT Online''' article '''[[Rolling Chassis]]''' for other ways to make the '''Ballistae''' mobile)''.		* If the '''Ballista''' is to be put on a wheeled chassis, [[Stripwood_Technology_Materials#Wood_Based\|clothes pegs]] can be used as wheel bearings ''(see the '''DT Online''' article '''[[Rolling Chassis]]''' for other ways to make the '''Ballistae''' mobile)''.
	* Reinforce three card plates, 75mm x 50mm, and pivot them together with dowel and PVC tube spacers to create a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_joint '''Universal Joint'''] as shown, and mount it to the centre of the card [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chassis '''Chassis'''] with the 210mm lengths of '''[[:Category:Stripwood Technology\|Stripwood]]'''.		* Reinforce three card plates, 75mm x 50mm, and pivot them together with dowel and PVC tube spacers to create a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_joint '''Universal Joint'''] as shown, and mount it to the centre of the card [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chassis '''Chassis'''] with the 210mm lengths of '''[[:Category:Stripwood Technology\|Stripwood]]'''.