The ballista (Latin, from Greek βαλλίστρα ballistra and that from βάλλω ballō, "throw"), plural ballistae or ballistas, sometimes called bolt thrower,...

The FN Ballista is a sniper rifle developed by FN Herstal. The company states that the Ballista's design compares with the Remington MSR, the Sako TRG...

A ballista elephant, also known as a Khmer ballista, is a war elephant mounted with a simple or double-bowed ballista which was used by the Angkorian...

Balista or Ballista (died c. 261), also known in the sources with the name of "Callistus", was one of the Thirty Tyrants of the controversial Historia...

Gigi Ballista (1 December 1918 – 2 August 1980) was an Italian film and television actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1961 and 1980. Born in Florence...

Antaeotricha ballista is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in French Guiana. The average wingspan is 19–20 mm for males and about 24 mm...

by the scientifically engineered ballista. The difference between the two is the use of torsion power by the ballista. The most notable use of the oxybeles...

Drillia ballista is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. The size of an adult shell varies between 11 mm and 22 mm...

in the ballista had to be a particular sort. According to Vegetius, river stones were best, since they are round, smooth, and dense. Ballista stones found...

Ballista Futbol Club is an association football team that plays in Luquillo. They currently play in the Puerto Rico Soccer League. On December 4, 2015;...

Top Ballista is an accessory for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Top Ballista is a supplement for a campaign setting in the city of...

novel featuring Ballista, was published on 30 September 2021. The series centres on the Anglo-Roman soldier Marcus Clodius Ballista (a fictionalized...

in 844; it ended in failure with many Vikings killed by the Galicians' ballistas; and seventy of the Vikings' longships captured on the beach and burned...

word originating from the Roman name arcuballista (from arcus 'bow' + ballista 'missile-throwing engine'), which was then used for crossbows, although...

χειροβαλλίστρα) or manuballista (Latin), which translates in all its forms to "hand ballista", was an imperial-era Roman siege engine. Designed by Hero of Alexandria...

first novel in the series, focusing on the exploits of Marcus Clodius Ballista (a fictionalized version of Balista, or Callistus), a Roman military officer...

Fore-and-aft Lateen Settee Tanja Triangular sail Junk Mast-aft Spritsail Square Armaments Ballista Catapult Corvus Dolphin Fire ship Harpax Ram Sambuca...

Plautus remarked in the Captivi that “Meus est ballista pugnus, cubitus catapulta est mihi” (“The ballista is my fist, the catapult is my elbow"). By 100...

the torsion mechanism of ancient ballistas, with two arms held in a skein of twisted sinew or hair. Unlike the ballista, it seems to have been housed in...

Fore-and-aft Lateen Settee Tanja Triangular sail Junk Mast-aft Spritsail Square Armaments Ballista Catapult Corvus Dolphin Fire ship Harpax Ram Sambuca...

Blowgun, blowpipe, blow tube (Worldwide) Fukiya (Japanese) Ballista (European, Asian) Ballista elephant (Angkor) Carroballista (Roman) Catapult (European...

(German throwing cross) Byzantine flamethrower Pen Huo Qi flamethrower Ballista Battering ram Bombards Bombard Byzantine bombard (Greek) Dardanelles bombard...

Carroballista was an ancient, cart-mounted ballista, a type of mobile field artillery. According to the Roman author Vegetius (Epitoma rei militaris II...

drone management software for enterprise customers. Its first product, Ballista, is an OS for drones and allows one person to simultaneously control multiple...

activities helped maintain morale and camaraderie within the ranks. The ballista was a powerful catapult, consisting of a beam with a frame at the end,...

[citation needed] Early crew-served weapons were siege weapons, like the ballista, trebuchet, and battering ram. Modern versions include machine guns, anti-tank...

History and Modern Day Construction - midrealm". Retrieved 25 May 2017. "Ballista - lordsandladies". Retrieved 24 May 2017. "Trebuchet - lordsandladies"...

Fore-and-aft Lateen Settee Tanja Triangular sail Junk Mast-aft Spritsail Square Armaments Ballista Catapult Corvus Dolphin Fire ship Harpax Ram Sambuca...

an arcuballista was similar to a large crossbow. Later the Romans used ballista catapults on their warships. In chronological order: 19th century BC, Egypt...

projectile, and would be protected from direct fire by the curtain walls. Ballistas or springalds were siege engines that worked on the same principles as...