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When were catapults used?
Some catapults were used in the middle ages to try and get into Medieval Castles. The Romans had catapults. I had a hand catapult when I was a youngster.
What are trebuchet used for?
Trebuchets are massive catapults that were used in the Middle Ages in siege warfare.
What were trebuchets?
Trebuchets are large catapults used to hurl rocks. Much used by the Roman armies and subsequently right up to the Middle ages. They were usually built in the field, and to many ingenious designs.Trebuchets are large catapults used to hurl rocks. Much used by the Roman armies and subsequently right up to the Middle ages.
What are the uses of the catapult?
During the Middle Ages, catapults were used to fling diseased animals across into enemy fortresses and cities.
Do people still use catapults?
The catapault was used mainly in war. The catapault was made in the middle ages, a kind of cousin of a cannon.
What wars were catapults used in?
The ancient Greeks used the first catapults to fend off the Romans back in the B.C.'s. The earliest recorded date for the mangonel (fixed bowl) catapult is about 750 B.C. Catapults were used well in the middle ages until replaced by cannons.
How has catapults influenced modern society?
The catapults have not influenced modern society much. They were the artillery of antiquity and Middle Ages. They were superseded by the spread of the use of the cannon in the 14th and 15th centuries.
Did catapults come from vikings or medieval knights?
Catapults were for entering a fortified castle and the Vikings were raiders who moved fast and lightly. They wouldn't have built a catapult nor needed one. So, they were developed in the middle ages to attack at castle.
Who were catapults used by?
The Catapults were used by the medieval Greeks and Romans.
What were castles built for in the middle ages?
Castles in the Middle Ages were used to keep out enemies.
What were the weapons in the middle ages?
See the question: What are some weapons used in the middle ages?
Why did the middle ages use catapults?
Where an bow could fire an arrow that could cause a single casualty, the projectiles of catapults could be destructive on a larger scale. Some catapults of the ballista type, which threw gigantic arrows, were used early in the middle ages, before castles were made with thick stone outer walls, and they could penetrate the wooden palisades and doors of early castles. Later in the middle ages, catapults such as the onager, which had a arm with a cup on the end, could throw rocks against walls with enough force to chip away at them, eventually to cause a breach. They could also throw incendiary devices against gates and other vulnerable places. Trebuchets were huge things that could toss heavy objects over walls. The included incendiary devices, but also include such things as the dead bodies of various animals or, more deadly, people who had died of epidemic diseases, over wall. Catapults passed out of use with the introduction of cannons.
