Back Onagre (catapulta) AN منجنيق (عزم فتل) Arabic Onagre (catapulta) Catalan Onager (zbraň) Czech Onager (kastemaskine) Danish Onager (Waffe) German Onagro (arma de asedio) Spanish Onagro (arma) Basque منجنیق رومی Persian Onageri Finnish

Onager (weapon)

Onager with a bowl bucket
Sketch of an onager with a sling, a later improvement that increased the length of the throwing arm, from Antique technology by Diels.

The onager (UK: /ˈɒnədʒə/, /ˈɒnəɡə/; US: /ˈɑːnədʒər/)[1] was a Roman torsion powered siege engine. It is commonly depicted as a catapult with a bowl, bucket, or sling at the end of its throwing arm. The onager was first mentioned in 353 AD by Ammianus Marcellinus, who described onagers as the same as a scorpion. The onager is often confused with the later mangonel, a "traction trebuchet" that replaced torsion powered siege engines in the 6th century AD.[2][3]

  1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary.
  2. ^ Fulton 2016, p. 17.
  3. ^ Purton 2009, p. 410.

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