Thursday, May 5, 2011

Project by:

Alina & Meialoha.

Ancient Catapults.


The catapults was first used 339 B.C. Greeks task to Catapults was used for throwing fire stones. At the times, the greeks used these to throw fire stones or arrows over a large wall. Also known as castles walls which had trash & dead bodies which were later on burned. On the catapults is twisted rope which is used for shooting the fire stones.
- http://www.ehow.com/about_4612186_catapults.html

Ancient Daggers.


In the ancient times, the daggers were used for dirty fighting styles, assault, & revenge. Daggers is some-what similar to spears but more related to knifes. Daggers are short bladed swords, sometimes used for cutting & eating. Daggers were used all over the world. There is two types of different Daggers, though they are all used the same way. European daggers & Asian daggers. Based on the European daggers, there was a long dagger & a short sword that they usually get mixed up with because they are both used in the same way.  The Asian daggers were made up of unusual shapes, though used the same way. 
- http://www.ehow.com/about_4572428_daggers.html

Ancient Spears.



Spears was one of the most importants weapons. Without any spears, hoplites could not fight in battles. The spears we're almost about 9 feet long, leaf-shaped iron head, sharp spike at the butt. The reason for the spike is that if the spear head breaks, they could always turn the spear around & use the sharp spike. Both spear & shieds were very important to battles with enemies. The spear is double-edged sword with a straight blade. 
- http://www.ehow.com/about_6460596_ancient-greek-weapons-armor.html

Ancient Shields.


Imagine you carrying a 20 pound equipment while at war. Hell to the ancient greeks, they had to carry shields like these. Shields we're often used my hoplites when at battles. Many of these shield were decorated with mythological symbols from the ancient greek, although everybody had their own shields meaning which everybody could decorate their own shields. One of the very important symbol that a lot of greeks had on their shields was pegasus. The shields is a large, round equipment to protect the whole body from getting hit by enemies. These shields we're made up of wood, copper, linen, & leather. Because of those, this made the shield heavy & weighed up to 20 pounds. 
- http://www.ehow.com/about_4586869_greek-mythology-shields.html