medieval people
This is a device to throw a projectile a great distance, the word comes from Latin Catapulta, which in turn come from the Greek language. The mechanism comes from Greece, about the lst Century BC
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.
They used the catapult for war.
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.
In war
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The first catapult was built in 399 B.C. Didorous Siculus, a Greek historian wrote about this device that threw mechanical arrows.
Hizan made the first catapult to throw Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) {pbuh} into the fire after he destroyed his people's idols.
Owen designed a new catapult for the navy to use on its aircraft carriers. Lady Taylor Smith
catapults were used for war
catapult
You use a catapult to launch things into the air.