Thief returns stolen Roman ballista stones Pilferer leaves 2,000-year-old artifacts on Beersheba museum’s doorstep, says in note they brought him ‘nothing but trouble’ ...

Iron tips of Roman ballista projectiles. This kind of ballista dates back to 399 BCE, when King Dionysius of Syracuse besieged a walled town called Motya located on the island of Sicily.

The Roman invasion of Dorset included 30 battles, the conquest of two great tribes and the capture of 20 fortresses.In Iron Age Dorset, a tribe called the Durotriges sited their capital at Maiden ...

The thief's note said the Roman ballista balls were stolen in July 1995, "and since then they have brought me nothing but trouble. Please, do not steal antiquities!" By Ben Hooper.