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Παρασκευή 24 Ιουλίου 2020

What weapon in Roman times terrified the enemy when it was first encountered?

Archimedes anti-siege engines.
When the Romans amphibiously besieged Syracuse on the second Punic war they encountered this incredible engines, the most notorious ones were cranes that hooked the roman ships, then a pulley system powered by oxen will pull it up with great strength, breaking the roman ships.