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Photograph of the presumed arrow marks by a polybolos in the northern wall of Pompeii. Credit: A. Rossi et al. A team of Italian researchers has discovered markings on the walls of Pompeii that could ...

Pompeii's archaeological excavations have primarily centred on the severe eruption of Mount Vesuvius during AD 79; however, new investigations have shifted the spotlight to a violent chapter nearly ...

Did Roman soldiers under General Lucius Cornelius Sulla use the world’s first machine gun in their siege to subdue the rebel city of Pompeii in 89 B.C.E? Italian researchers found evidence of deep ...

Researchers have uncovered evidence that a weapon known as the polybolos—or multi-thrower—was used during the Roman conquest of Pompeii. Originally invented in classical-era Greece, the weapon used a ...

Researchers in Italy believe distinctive pockmarks on Pompeii’s walls match the fire pattern of the polybolos, an ancient repeating siege weapon described in historical texts but never before ...

The ruins of Pompeii continue to reshape history, this time shedding light on the military technology of the ancient world. A team from the University of Campania in Italy, led by researcher Adriana ...

Pompeii's archaeological excavations have primarily centred on the severe eruption of Mount Vesuvius during AD 79; however, new investigations have shifted the spotlight to a violent chapter nearly ...