English: A reconstruction of a Roman ballista, an ancient missile weapon often used by the Roman military. This reconstructed replica is stationed near the ruins of the archaeological site of Tel Yodfat. In the first century CE, this was the location of the ancient Jewish town of Yodfat (Greek: Jotapata), which was besieged and destroyed by Roman legions under Vespasian in 67 CE, during the First Jewish–Roman War.