Cave ne ante ullas catapultas ambules Traditional Cache
Cave ne ante ullas catapultas ambules
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A series of caches on a circular walk from Braco, numbered clockwise (dexter) but you can do them anyway you like..
The series cache titles (titulus) and description (genus) reflect the historical Roman importance of this area.
We had to have a wee dig at the Romans, though....after all what did they do for us???
catapultas
The Greeks may have invented the catapult, but the Romans used them and wrote about them. They had funny names, like scorpion and wild ass, selected for features of the siege engines. In Roman times machine known as anarcuballista was probably similar to the crossbow. Alexander the Great introduced the idea of using them to provide cover on the battlefield in addition to using them during sieges. Projectiles included both arrows and (later) stones that were sometimes lit on fire.
The Romans started to use catapults as arms for their wars againstSyracuse, Macedon, Sparta and Aetolia (3rd–2nd century BC). Later the Romans used ballista catapults on their warships.
Catapults were used a a key seige weapon against Castles. Roman catpults were built from wood which would need to be sawn in mills.
catapult yourself down the slope at the last Xmas tree to find the cache
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Orrpu hc uvtu
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