Scorpio (weapon)

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The scorpio or scorpion was a type of Roman torsion siege engine and field artillery piece. It was described in detail by the early-imperial Roman architect and engineer Vitruvius^[1] in the 1st century BC and by the 4th century AD officer and historian Ammianus Marcellinus.^[2]