Catapults History
many weapons were made during the middle ages to help win battles. As the walls became lower and weaker a new weapon had to be made to destroy them. such weapon made the catapult term catapult was made from the Greek term katapultos. A catapult was an huge machine on wheels with a strap attached to a long bronze arm and and known for hurling projectiles on the other. The first catapult was invented around four hundred BC in Greek town called Syracus. It was not the one we see in our own wars. The first catapult looked like crossbows. The Greeks where impresses with this weapon, they created a version of the Gastraphete.It was called a Ballista and was used as a defense weapon against armies. The machine was reloaded by many men, so the Greeks