A six part series on "How to:" build a replica naval gun from the Age of Sail. In Part Six we explore how to recreate the tackle, the ropes and pulleys to run out the gun.

A recent search of the internet for information on Roman artillery machines returned, amongst other results, a website with a page entitled ‘The Roman Trebuchet Catapults’ [sic]. The title is misleading and we challenge the 'facts' cited.

Part Five of "How to: Build a replica Cannon" explores how to recreate the gunners' equipment needed for the crew to serve the gun.

Discovery of "whistling" sling bullets in the Roman siege works at Burnswark, Scotland.

Part Four of "How to: Build a replica Cannon" explores how to recreate the different projectiles fired from guns in the Age of Sail.

Part Three of "How to: Build a replica Cannon" explores how to make a lightweight, portable gun carriage from the Age of Sail.

Part Two of a six part series on "How to: Build a Cannon" from the Age of Sail explores how to build a lightweight, portable gun barrel.

Part One of a six part guide on "How to: Build a Cannon" explores the background and history of naval guns in the Age of Sail.

How effective was the Chinese Xuan Feng or "Whirlwind" stone-thrower?

Colin Freedbear's brief guide to some of the best preserved bits at the Kourion Archaeological Site in Cyprus.

The design of Dionysios of Alexandria’s “Polybolos” is somewhat unique in the annals of ancient artillery. Recreating the machine presents many challenges not least of which are what missiles did might it have shot?

The sole mention of the arcuballista occurs in the work of the late-Roman period author Vegetius' Epitoma rei militaris. Was the arcuballista the first ever crossbow?

Ballistas, catapults and scorpions: are these interchangeable names for Roman artillery pieces or different machines entirely?

Refurbishing a recreated Roman-era catapult at the Lunt Roman Fort, Baginton.