Siege engine

3 weapons

Trebuchet

Siege engine4th century BC (China)

Could hurl 140 kg stones over 300 meters. The counterweight trebuchet was the most powerful pre-gunp...

Ballista

Siege engine400 BC

A giant crossbow firing bolts or stone balls. Developed from the Greek gastraphetes. Roman ballistae...

Catapult

Siege engine399 BC

The first recorded use was by Dionysius of Syracuse against Carthage. The mangonel used torsion powe...