00:00Roman soldiers brace for impact as the heavy wooden frame shakes violently.
00:05This single-arm torsion machine hurls massive boulders across vast battlefield distances with terrifying force.
00:13Common sense says a machine resting on wheels would roll forward when launched, but the opposite happens.
00:20Twisted animal tendons store insane energy, slamming the throwing arm upward and sending the entire wooden base kicking backward.
00:27That brutal backward recoil earned the beast its famous name from enraged legionnaires.
