Quote Originally Posted by Ludens View Post
I don't recall those, do you have links? Since the Barbarians didn't use much in the way of artillery I don't understand why they were made. Perhaps they are from the very early days, when not much research had been done?
Oh no, on the contrary, that research was quite reliable, and barbarians built quite a bit of artillery pieces. One was the most common, and I do recall it being mentioned recently as well.

That famous one was basically a long paddle on a rope. Once you let the rope go, the paddle hit the ends of vertically aligned bolts, which would come out flying. The other one was a giant crossbow basically.