![]() One will never know the origin of the idea for the catapult because no evidence of a slingshot has been found in the archeology of early man. The idea would have meant that a single hunter with a slingshot could stun/kill an animal for food, etc. A slingshot could have been “invented” early in man’s history. Perhaps the original idea for the catapult came from the use of slingshots. Scholars from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) interpreted that obsolete word to mean “catapult.” King Zhou of China in the 700’s BC used a machine called the hui against the Duke of Zheng. ![]() ![]() Accordingly when the watchmen that sat upon the towers gave them notice when the engine was let go and the stone came from it, they cried out aloud in their own country language (Aramaic), ‘The son cometh.’” Josephus, Wars of the Jews 5.6.3Ĭatapults of various configurations and other engines of war have been used by armies since very ancient times. As for the Jews, they at first watched the coming of the stone, for it was of a white color and could therefore not only be perceived by the great noise it made, but could be seen also before it came by its brightness. The blow they gave was no way to be sustained, not only by those that stood first in the way, but by those that were beyond them for a great space. 71lbs.) and were carried two furlongs (1,320 feet) and farther. “The stones that were cast were of the weight of a talent (c. As a show of strength in contrast to the Jews’ arrows, the Romans retaliated with the Big Bertha of catapults called the Wild Ass (Onanger) because of the powerful kick generated by the recoil as the machine released stones. That fact made the Roman General Titus furious at his men. The Jews were guerrilla fighters and often in the months between April and July/August bested the most powerful army on earth at that time. The Battle for Jerusalem in 70 AD pitted the Roman army against the Jews.
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