> Yes, he actually is in the same scale.
> 
> But I am not finish yet with the scene. The handle at the back is still just a
> placeholder, and you also don't see the small crane for loading yet. I however
> added already the ammunition box.
> 
> This is a One-and-a-Half Roman Talent ballista. A Roman talent equaled to 50 kg.
> 
> The largest ballistas ever built (by Archimedes) were able to fire 3 talent
> ammunition.
> 

It's true that the Romans of the time where thinking big.
That ballista was made to take out the opponents engines, medium 
fortifications, ships and scatter troops.

Just imagine keeping your formation when 75 Kg balls of rock are flying 
at you and bouncing around...

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