US EditionAncient "Machine Gun" May Have Been Used in Pompeii Siege, Study Finds
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Archaeological study with 3D reconstruction suggests that brands over 2000 years in the walls of Pompeii will have been shot by a polybolism — the predecessor of modern metric hall.
Researchers stunned after discovering Romans used ‘ancient machine gun’ to attack Pompeii 2,000 years ago
Researchers have been left stunned after discovering Romans used what has been described as an "ancient machine gun" to attack Pompeii more than 2,000 years ago. Italian academics have uncovered evidence that Roman forces deployed a devastating repeating catapult during their assault on the city in 89BC - nearly two centuries before its destruction by volcanic eruption.The weapon, known as a polybolos, was a Greek-designed device capable of firi…
Researchers have investigated Pompeii's city wall – and gained new insights into an ancient siege weapon that could fire several bullets in rapid successionThe bullet holes on Pompeii's city wall can still be seen today: square indentations, always four in number, arranged like a fan. Several such prints show the fortification of the ancient city, always in the same pattern. But what caused these holes? For conventional catapult attacks, the dam…
The Vesuvius buried Pompeii. But in the walls of the city a much older war secret might lie hidden.
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