MotherLead1528 on October 2, 2024 1:55 pm Probably an onager — catapults used torsion springs, but onagers used the springy nature of the arm itself to lob objects far.
Familiar-Village1606 on October 2, 2024 2:26 pm Everyone’s always trying to one-up that (not actually Hemingway) 6 word story
Few-Dragonfly-3069 on October 2, 2024 2:49 pm Use the other baby as a counter weight, there, argument resolved.
Skate_faced on October 2, 2024 3:25 pm Some people need to understand that when you are laying siege to any lands, everything can be used as ammo.
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Probably an onager — catapults used torsion springs, but onagers used the springy nature of the arm itself to lob objects far.
Details matter.
The best kind of correct
Ye olde fetus yeetus
Everyone’s always trying to one-up that (not actually Hemingway) 6 word story
so they used to throw kids over sieged walled city?
Use the other baby as a counter weight, there, argument resolved.
Well, I learned something.
Some people need to understand that when you are laying siege to any lands, everything can be used as ammo.