The Catapult

One the of the greatest siege engines of all time, the catapult was the destroyer of walls. Known in the ancient world as the wall crusher; The word 'Catapult' comes from the two Greek words "kata" (downward) and "pultos" (a small circular battle shield). the inventor of the catapult was a man known as Hero of Alexandria. the catapult was used in order to hurl boulders or other projectiles large defenses in order to break through enemy defenses bringing with it the era of siege engines.