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    Dispelling Some Myths: 'ancient Roman trebuchets'?
    Tastes Of History
    • Mar 29
    • 9 min

    Dispelling Some Myths: 'ancient Roman trebuchets'?

    A recent search of the internet for information on Roman artillery machines returned, amongst other results, a website with a page...
    How to: Build a replica Cannon Part Five
    Tastes Of History
    • Aug 6, 2021
    • 4 min

    How to: Build a replica Cannon Part Five

    The Gunners' Equipment In Part One, where we established the background to building our replica cannon. In describing the firing drills...
    Whistling Death
    Tastes Of History
    • Apr 7, 2021
    • 5 min

    Whistling Death

    Burnswark Hill Approaching across the gentle surrounding Dumfriesshire countryside it is hard to miss the brooding eminence of Burnswark...
    How to: Build a replica Cannon Part Four
    Tastes Of History
    • Jan 19, 2021
    • 8 min

    How to: Build a replica Cannon Part Four

    Projectiles In Parts One to Three of this "How to:" series we established the background to and how we went about building our scale...
    How to: Build a replica Cannon Part Three
    Tastes Of History
    • Nov 25, 2020
    • 5 min

    How to: Build a replica Cannon Part Three

    The Gun Carriage In Part Two we looked at seven steps to building a barrel for a replica naval gun that was both lightweight and portable....
    How to: Build a replica Cannon Part Two
    Tastes Of History
    • Oct 5, 2020
    • 4 min

    How to: Build a replica Cannon Part Two

    The Gun Barrel The core element, the cannon's barrel, is so named because the earliest guns were constructed with iron staves bound...
    How to: Build a replica Cannon Part One
    Tastes Of History
    • Sep 27, 2020
    • 6 min

    How to: Build a replica Cannon Part One

    The Background History Part One of this series begins with a very brief look at the history of a typical naval gun in use with the Royal...
    The Chinese Xuan Feng or "Whirlwind"
    Tastes Of History
    • Jul 30, 2020
    • 5 min

    The Chinese Xuan Feng or "Whirlwind"

    Until the advent of gunpowder, the trebuchet (French: trébuchet) was a common powerful siege engine that used a long arm to throw a...
    Travels with my Freed Bear: Kourion
    Tastes Of History
    • Jun 20, 2020
    • 7 min

    Travels with my Freed Bear: Kourion

    When schools in the UK take their half-term break in February, we have been lucky, for the last few years, to visit Cyprus. Although a...
    Dionysios' Polybolos
    Tastes Of History
    • Jun 19, 2020
    • 7 min

    Dionysios' Polybolos

    The design of Dionysios of Alexandria’s 'Polybolos' is somewhat unique in the annals of ancient artillery. The very name 'Polybolos' or...
    Arcuballista: A Late Roman Crossbow
    Tastes Of History
    • Jun 17, 2020
    • 4 min

    Arcuballista: A Late Roman Crossbow

    The sole mention of the arcuballista occurs in the work of Vegetius (Epitoma rei militaris)[1]. In book II.15, when describing how the...
    Ballistas, Catapults and Scorpions
    Tastes Of History
    • Jun 17, 2020
    • 5 min

    Ballistas, Catapults and Scorpions

    A major source of information for Roman artillery is Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, a 1st century BC Roman author, architect, civil and...
    Ready, Aim...Shoot!
    Tastes Of History
    • Jun 16, 2020
    • 3 min

    Ready, Aim...Shoot!

    Many years ago, long before I joined The Roman Military Research Society (or RMRS), a teacher inspired his pupils to build a catapulta,...

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