In 89 BCE, when the residents of Pompeii rebelled against Rome, the Empire pulled no punches in its attempts to quell the revolt, launching a full-scale siege of the ill-fated city. Led by Lucius ...
Mysterious damage patterns on a 2,000-year-old fortress are rewriting what we know about Roman firepower. If the ancient ...
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Ancient Roman machine gun-like weapon may have damaged Pompeii’s walls during siege
Learn how a Roman polybolos unleashed rapid-fire projectiles during the siege of Pompeii.
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