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Definition of Ballistae
1. ballista [n] - See also: ballista
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ballistae
Literary usage of Ballistae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Vitruvius, the Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio (1914)
"... and the shorter, the harder. I have now spoken of the principles applicable
to the parts and proportions of catapults. CHAPTER XI ballistae ..."
2. Vitruvius, the Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio (1914)
"CHAPTER XI ballistae 1. ballistae are constructed on varying principles to produce
an identical result. Some are worked by handspikes and windlasses, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"At New Carthage we read tha Scipio hud 120 large catapults and 23 large ballistae (Liv.
xxvi. 47, 5)—numbers which pro bably in themselves are very much ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"5), the number of the ballistae was only one-sixth that of the catapults. In the
ballista the rear end of the trough (which projected in front of the frame) ..."
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