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Carroballista

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The carroballista was an ancient cart-mounted ballista, a form of mobile field artillery used by the Roman army. According to the Roman author Vegetius, each legion fielded fifty-five carroballistae, arrow- and bolt-shooting weapons of the cheiroballistra type, each carried by mules and operated by a single contubernium. Surviving depictions of the weapon appear in the bas-reliefs of Trajan's Column and the Column of Marcus Aurelius. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Howitzer / Artillery 1
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Siege Engine 1
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Siege Weapon 1
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Carroballista
Weapon class classified from the entity's own sourced description text.View the Source
Wikidata: Carroballista
Wikidata Q3207150, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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