gastraphetes 1

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Definicja

a hand-held crossbow used by the Ancient Greeks.

  • 1.Unlike later Roman and medieval crossbows, spanning the gastraphetes was not done by pulling up the string, but by pushing down an elaborate slider mechanism.

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