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ballista

ancient missile weapon
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ballista

Summary

ballista is a weapon type[1]. ballista ranks in the top 7% of weapon_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,976 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • ballista's instance of is recorded as weapon type[3].
  • ballista is a type of torsion siege engine[4].
  • ballista is a type of neuroballistic weapon[5].
  • ballista's Commons category is recorded as Ballista[6].
  • ballista's Commons gallery is recorded as Balistes[7].
  • ballista's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[8].
  • ballista's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • ballista's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • ballista's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[11].
  • ballista's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[12].
  • ballista's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13].

Why It Matters

ballista ranks in the top 7% of weapon_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,976 views/month).[2] ballista has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] ballista is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → torsion siege engine, neuroballistic weapon
    Instance of → —
    Described by source → Nordisk familjebok, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890) +2
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q298033, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
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