00:00Roman legionaries brace for impact
00:02as a massive timber frame shatters.
00:05How did a single-arm torsion weapon
00:07hurl boulders 400 meters without any counterweights?
00:11While ballistas use twin torsion springs,
00:14the onager relied on a single vertical bundle
00:16to whip its arm upward.
00:18Tightened animal sinew stores massive kinetic energy,
00:22slamming the wooden arm against a padded crossbar
00:24with brutal force.
00:26This savage recoil earned the beast its famous animal nickname
00:30because Roman legionaries brace for impact
00:33as a massive timber frame shatters.
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