Greek and Roman Artillery 399 BC-AD 363 Publisher: Osprey | ISBN: 1841766348 | edition 2003 | PDF | 48 pages | 11,5 mb The catapult (katapeltikon) was invented under the patronage of Dionysius I, tyrant of Syracuse, in the 4th century bc. At first only the arrow-firing variant was used, and it was not...