Late Roman Arcuballista
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Late in the Western Roman Empire they developed a hand spanned crossbow called an arcuballista, that consisted of a wood or composite bow on and a short stock with a hand grip on the butt end and used a rotating nut trigger system. The design is taken from two stone reliefs of the weapon.
See the bow shooting here:
Specification
- This bow is hand spanned
- Ash stock and slider
- Antler nut
- Modern linen covered composite bow
- Linen string
- Range – around 130m/145yds
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