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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified link of Web site: Middle Ages for Kids - Ballista.	Emily Rodriguez	Jul 05, 2019
	Add new Web site: Ancient History Encyclopedia - Roman Artillery.	Thinley Kalsang Bhutia	May 04, 2018
	Add new Web site: Illustrated History of the Roman Empire - The Ballista.	Darshana Das	Oct 03, 2011
	Add new Web site: Middle Ages for Kids - Ballista.	Darshana Das	Oct 03, 2011
	Article revised and updated.	William L. Hosch	Aug 23, 2007
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998