weird weapons

[master of the puppets]

the belly bow, early roman bow, very large looked like a cross bow, drawn while braced against stomech and fired.

[Ludens]

the belly bow, early roman bow, very large looked like a cross bow, drawn while braced against stomech and fired.

I can't quite recall it's name (Gastra-something), but it was a Greek weapon out of the workshops of Dionysios of Syracuse. IIRC it was a primitive crossbow (the real crosbow was invented around that time in China). I don't know if it was very effective.