Ancient Roman forces may have used the polybolos to quell a rebellion at Pompeii in 89 B.C.E. The unique weapon was likely ...

In 89 BCE, Rome dispatched forces under the command of general Lucius Cornelius Sulla to lay siege to the city. It was one of ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Researchers have uncovered evidence that a weapon known as the polybolos—or multi-thrower—was used during the Roman conquest of Pompeii. Originally ...

Before Pompeii was engulfed in volcanic ash, its walls may have been battered by an ancient "machine gun" while the city was under siege. With a third of Pompeii still buried beneath volcanic debris ...