ANCIENT CATAPULTS: Some Hypotheses Reexamined

IF 0.7 3区历史学 0 ARCHAEOLOGY

Annual of the British School at Athens Pub Date : 2022-01-04 DOI:10.2972/HESPERIA.80.4.0677

D. B. Campbell

引用次数: 10

Abstract

Abstract:ABSTRACTRecent summaries and overviews of the development of ancient catapults have mistaken working hypotheses for established fact. Key areas of misunderstanding include the invention of the catapult, the development of the torsion principle, the meaning of the terms euthytone and palintone, and the possible use of sling bullets as catapult missiles. A critical reexamination of these questions, setting them within the framework of the known facts, reveals the fragility of the accepted history of the catapult, as currently presented in general handbooks.

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古代弹射器:一些假说重新检验

摘要:最近对古代弹射器发展的总结和概述，错误地将工作假设当作既定事实。误解的关键领域包括弹射器的发明，扭转原理的发展，术语euthytone和palintone的含义，以及弹射弹作为弹射导弹的可能使用。对这些问题进行批判性的重新审视，将它们置于已知事实的框架内，揭示了弹射器的公认历史的脆弱性，正如目前在一般手册中所呈现的那样。

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Annual of the British School at Athens ARCHAEOLOGY-

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1.40

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