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Class: missile · Category: siege · Men per unit: 16

In the ancient world, artillery was a weapon of the Greek and later on, the Roman world. From the invention of the Ballista (circa 400 BC), this technology remained the standard form of artillery until gunpowder reached Europe hundreds of years later. The ballista itself was derived from the gastraphetes, an ancient crossbow that was enlarged and mounted on a turret to form an artillery weapon. This in turn was evolved and perfected by the Romans. Over the centuries they produced many variants, from the smaller scorpiones used by the Legions, to the Lithobolos itself.

Its secondary attack is the stronger one: 35 against 6.

	Primary	Secondary
Attack	6	35
Charge bonus	0	0
Type	melee · simple	siege_missile · siege
Damage	piercing	blunt
Projectile	—	big_boulder
Range	—	280
Ammunition	—	40
Properties	—	Armour-piercing (counts only half the target's armour) · passes through men to hit those behind · may throw men into the air · hits an area, not just one man

	Primary	Secondary
Total	16	—
Armour	9	—
Defence skill	7	—
Shield	0	—

Hit points	1
Ground: scrub / sand / forest / snow	0 / -1 / 0 / -1
Charge distance	30
Formations	Square

Technical stats

Time between blows (primary / secondary)	2.5 s / 2.5 s
Extra fatigue in hot climates	0
Spacing between men: close / loose	1.5 × 1.8 m / 3 × 3.6 m
Default ranks	3

Every faction, from its own buildings, with no regional gate.

Exactly what a settlement must have, route by route (2)

Building	Also requires
Foundry (Industry)	Government Building (Dependency, Indirect Rule, Direct Rule or Homeland) · not Academies - Sharpens the minds and skills of our people, one lesson at a time
Foundry (Industry)	Government Building (Dependency, Indirect Rule, Direct Rule or Homeland) · Academies - Sharpens the minds and skills of our people, one lesson at a time