Four-Wheeled Ballista, Illustration
A four-wheeled ballista (carroballista) drawn by armored horses, from an engraving illustrating a 1552 edition of the war-machine catalog De Rebus Bellicis (c._400). The device, mounted on a wagon, is manipulated like a crossbow, shooting large arrows at enemy fortifications
Picture No
14028374
Media ID
47826416
Size
3638px x 2368px
(2.5MB)
Credit
© Science Source / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Science Source
Date
1552
Pick your License
Restrictions Only for Ireland and United Kingdom
1552 Arrows Ballista Ballistae Bolt Catalog Catapult Crossbow Fortifications Four-wheeled Illustrating Manipulated Missile Rebus Thrower
Features In These Collections
> Contributors > PHR
