The earliest catapults resembled crossbows.
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A tree was the first supply to the Medieval times people. They carved the wood to establish the peices of how they wanted. Then when all the peices were finished they would get a rope and twist it up to make the throwing effect of the catapult. The finished product would look something like this...
The catapult was first used by the army of the Roman Empire. History does not record the name of the Roman engineer who first invented it.
It looks like a wooden cart without a roof and has a giant hurling arm.
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Go to pictures of the catapult and click on the first caption that comes up.
Yes, it is a catapult. Just like a mangonel but not a trebuchet.
You load the catapult and then you launch it. You wait. Stare at it. Then you look how far it went. Now you'll know how far it went.
The exact first person ever to construct a catapult is unknown, however, the first civilisation to use the catapult was Rome, who designed catapults as siege weapons to aid in the expansion of its empire. The catapult was later adopted by other nationalities whowarred against each other.
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about 400 BC
400 bc