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Just in case you’re the sort of person who go about your daily life wondering, “hey, I could do this faster and better if only I had a full-sized Roman war machine!” Know that some folks built a ballista that you can actually buy!

The ballista is the most faithful recreation ever attempted – and its recreation involved teams of experts all working together. It stands 7.5 meters tall, it is 8.5 meters long and weighs 12 tons – so the buyer won’t be picking this up in a Transit van and it won’t fit in a typical garden.

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