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Archimedes had the record for the largest stone launched in the ancient world, from a ship-mounted engine, reported at 3 talents (78 kilograms, 172 lb). [2] Other Greco-Roman engineers and recorders of stone-throwers include Zopyrus of Tarentum, Charon of Magnesia, Biton, Ctesibius of Alexandria, Dionysius of Alexandria, and Hero of Alexandria. [2]
[5] [6] Both terms mean stone-throwers in Ancient Greek, as army units. [7] De re militari (Latin "Concerning Military Matters") by the Roman writer Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus details Roman soldiers training to throw stones as weapons. "Recruits are to be taught the art of throwing stones both with the hand and sling."
Palestinian stone-throwers in Bil'in. Palestinian stone-throwing refers to a Palestinian practice of throwing stones at people or property. It is a tactic with both a symbolic and military dimension when used against heavily-armed troops.
Israeli police are now allowed to open fire on Palestinian protesters who throw rocks and firebombs. The practice of hurling stones and firebombs is a popular form of protest among Palestinians,
Jewish Israeli stone-throwing refers to criminal rock-throwing activity by Jewish Israelis in Mandatory Palestine, Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and Jerusalem.It includes material about internecine stone-throwing, in which Haredi Jews throw stones at other Jews as a protest against what they view as violations of religious laws concerning Shabbat, modest clothing for women and similar ...
A sling is a projectile weapon typically used to hand-throw a blunt projectile such as a stone, clay, or lead "sling-bullet". It is also known as the shepherd's sling or slingshot (in British English, although elsewhere it means something else). [1] Someone who specializes in using slings is called a slinger. Masked Palestinian boys use slings ...
These games feature a light and heavy stone put. The light stone weighs 7.5 kg and the throw can be taken after a run up. The light stone is made out of granite taken from the Berson quarry in Largeasse, in 2003. [14] The heavy stone is 10 kg and thrown in the Braemar style, without a run up. [15]
Let’s take a hard look at political stone throwers. ... I was nowhere near decent enough then to follow Jesus’ example in John 8:3-11 as he dealt with Pharisees eager to stone a woman taken in ...