[FairOpinion]

"Until the discovery of gunpowder, the catapult was the most powerful weapon in existence, said historian Serafina Cuomo. The machines, capable of hurling large projectiles long distances, were in high demand during the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans - and so were their makers.

But the construction of catapults was no easy task, requiring great mathematical and engineering skill.

It became a science in itself, known as "belopoietics" from the Greek "poietike" meaning "making of" and "belos" meaning "projectile" or "projectile throwing device".

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[Grzegorz 246]

"The first catapults dated back as far as the Ninth Century BC when they were depicted in a relief from Nimrud, in present day Iraq."

People living in that region were very clever...but it was long time ago.

[PoorMuttly]

Muttly still hold them in high esteem, now!

Presently working on one to launch Official Muttly Wing Chair (and Muttly) off to mailbox. Hoping to adapt boomerang technology for return trip.

(O.K...just want to frighten Postman...again)