Long Before Gatling Gun, Ancient Roman Troops Used This 2,000-Year-Old
< img src=" https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/SibRn5QBcK28jf4kcv9jutPU0Cg=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (1497x784:1498 x785)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/8e/10/8e10133d-a0f9-481a-ab58-e1ef5bd3cb65/heritage-09-00096-g015.png" alt=" "> Ancient Roman forces may have used the polybolos to quell a disobedience at Pompeii in 89 B.C.E. The distinct weapon was most likely established by a Greek engineer centuries earlier Source
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< img src=" https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/SibRn5QBcK28jf4kcv9jutPU0Cg=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (1497x784:1498 x785)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/8e/10/8e10133d-a0f9-481a-ab58-e1ef5bd3cb65/heritage-09-00096-g015.png" alt=" "> Ancient Roman forces may have used the polybolos to quell a disobedience at Pompeii in 89 B.C.E. The distinct weapon was most likely established by a Greek engineer centuries earlier
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