Roman Ballista For Sale on eBay
Posted on October 3, 2008
Wannabe siege barons can now find a full-size Roman war machine called a ballista for sale on eBay. This ballista was built in 2002 for the BBC program Building the Impossible. It was built by a team of experts and even fired to prove that the Roman's written account of their siege methods (there are no surviving drawings) are accurate. The successful firing sent a stone ball 115 meters but the ballista was damaged in the process.
The eBay sellers lists these three reasons why you might want a ballista.
- The ballista could be an excellent and unique tourist attraction for a wide range of public venues.
- It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own a unique recreation of a Roman war machine.
- If you have aspirations to overthrow a neighbour's castle, the ballista isn't ideal, as even though it is potentially capable of throwing a stone ball over 100 yards, it is now not in firing condition. (Please note that even if it were, you would need a team of several skilled operators in order to do this, and these are very hard to find today. You may also find that advances in weaponry since this was designed place you at a considerable disadvantage on the modern battlefield.)
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