The siege weapon was used to defeat enemy defensive fortifications .
During the Middle Ages (around 1200)
The Onager's scientific name is Equus hemionus, and the Persian subspecies is Equus hermionus onager.
the Onager was built in 60 B.C
Onager
I always thought that an onager was a particularly large type of catapult
You turn orange. You get an onager. (catapult)
sprouse
no, it is from a different country (rome) but it is a versian of a catapult
Onager (a wild ass)
A large machine made of many tree trunks and large branches. It was capable of flinging stones weighing a hundred or so pounds.
The onager was the largest siege engine in the Roman army. It was a one armed spring/torsion device nicknamed the "wild donkey" because of its powerful kick when fired.The onager was the largest siege engine in the Roman army. It was a one armed spring/torsion device nicknamed the "wild donkey" because of its powerful kick when fired.The onager was the largest siege engine in the Roman army. It was a one armed spring/torsion device nicknamed the "wild donkey" because of its powerful kick when fired.The onager was the largest siege engine in the Roman army. It was a one armed spring/torsion device nicknamed the "wild donkey" because of its powerful kick when fired.The onager was the largest siege engine in the Roman army. It was a one armed spring/torsion device nicknamed the "wild donkey" because of its powerful kick when fired.The onager was the largest siege engine in the Roman army. It was a one armed spring/torsion device nicknamed the "wild donkey" because of its powerful kick when fired.The onager was the largest siege engine in the Roman army. It was a one armed spring/torsion device nicknamed the "wild donkey" because of its powerful kick when fired.The onager was the largest siege engine in the Roman army. It was a one armed spring/torsion device nicknamed the "wild donkey" because of its powerful kick when fired.The onager was the largest siege engine in the Roman army. It was a one armed spring/torsion device nicknamed the "wild donkey" because of its powerful kick when fired.
Actually, we don't have a lot to go on. At the end of the 19th century, the nobleman and amateur historian Ralph Payne Gallwey wrote a book about the crossbow, and in it he describes the "catapult", what modern historians call a mangonel or onager.