I think when most people talk about trebuchets, they more specifically mean a counterweight trebuchet, which is first concretely attributed to the Ayyubids in the 12th century.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Well to be fair, for the intended use of yeeting landlords, burgies and their political pawns over fairly large distances traction trebuchet would be much worse.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Ha! Good point.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

... During the medieval period...

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

IV century BCE is not medieval no matter where you look at it.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Guess that makes me king of my own domain! 😆

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