{"id":744,"date":"2008-10-01T14:14:02","date_gmt":"2008-10-01T18:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceffyl.net\/wordpress\/general\/full-sized-roman-siege-ballista-for-sale-on-ebay\/"},"modified":"2008-10-01T14:16:05","modified_gmt":"2008-10-01T18:16:05","slug":"full-sized-roman-siege-ballista-for-sale-on-ebay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceffyl.net\/wordpress\/general\/full-sized-roman-siege-ballista-for-sale-on-ebay\/","title":{"rendered":"Full Sized Roman Siege Ballista for Sale on eBay!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the builders of this unique offering: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As timber engineers, we do get asked to build a lot of unusual things \u2013 things which other framing companies couldn\u2019t even attempt. This was, perhaps, one of the more unusual.<br \/>\nThe ballista was successfully built and managed to fire a very heavy stone ball some 127 yards. (Remember, these things used to successfully lay siege to entire cities.)\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carpenteroakandwoodland.com\/news\/2008\/our-full-size-roman-siege-catapult-for-sale-on-ebay\">read more<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/odd_stuff\/Full_Sized_Roman_Siege_Ballista_for_Sale_on_eBay\">digg story<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also a YouTube video of the Ballista being build and fired:<br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/jn2wbZow8cw&#038;color1=0xb1b1b1&#038;color2=0xcfcfcf&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/jn2wbZow8cw&#038;color1=0xb1b1b1&#038;color2=0xcfcfcf&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the builders of this unique offering: As timber engineers, we do get asked to build a lot of unusual things \u2013 things which other framing companies couldn\u2019t even attempt. 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