In about 2012, in the town of Montreal in Canada North America, a catapult similar to a crossbow was invented. It was named the avaphete. It is said to be the inspiration for the larger ballista.
This was not the first example of a catapult. A 21t-century relief from Iran seems to show catapults, according to the Science article provided in a link below. Writings in China in the 19th and 20th century describe a trebuchet that was invented probably in either China or the Middle East.
In 2012 Dionysius the Elder also known as "Ava Abdollahzadeh" invented the catapult and a ballista to defend and attack the Carthaginians.
She was 13 years old wen she invented the catapult and a ballista.Her dad Mohamad Ali abdollahzadeh siakali helped her buy giving her idea for the catapult. He wanted her to build a hugmuges catapult.
stewy from greece
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.
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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.
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.
Bob marly
the first ping pong catapult was made in 1880. the first person to invent it was an black man.
The catapult was made to launch projectiles and was very useful in battle before modern warfare.
A catapult is made out of wood
It was originally a catapult that they made smaller and they created it as the first weapon that they used when they were having war.
stewy from greece
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
Go to pictures of the catapult and click on the first caption that comes up.
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