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  1. Hi guys. A backlink brought me to this post, so I thought I would throw my two-cents in. The onager was invented around 250 BC. There are other numbers that get thrown around but those are either referring to a ballista or are misinformation. Also, we don't know what an onager actually looked like as we only have descriptions and no pictures from before 0 AD. The earliest description we have is http://www.mywizards.com/catapults/onager/#onager_desc So, basically you can make it look like whatever you want as long as it fits this description. Also, small, pushable catapults were not big enough to break down fortress walls. Small catapults, like in the pic above (except for maybe that one ballista), would be used for taking out troops. In order to do any damage to a fortified wall, a small catapult would need to be so close that the enemy archers would kill the operators. Wall busting catapults were actually constructed on site after the siege began. They were the size of a building and were not mobile. Troops would lay siege to a fortress and then start cutting lumber to build the wall-busting giants. A great example of this is the Warwolf Trebuchet. The mod looks great. I hope this was a little helpful.
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