Enter the world of ancient skirmishes, where every shot could decide the fate of the campaign. The Roman Scorpion set from the IMPERIUM ROMANUM series from COBI is a perfectly reproduced precision-guided machine, ready to fight Rome's enemies. What was a scorpion? A scorpion was a small machine used to fire projectiles resembling medieval crossbow bolts. It was extremely precise and effective, so enemies were often terrified by its presence on the battlefield. For a war machine, the scorpion was small and light, and therefore easy to transport - which is why each Roman legion had approximately 60 of them. Scorpions could be operated by a single person and were incredibly effective at close range. It was characterized by extremely high accuracy - hitting a man-sized target at about 100 meters, and from that distance, a projectile fired, approximately 1 meter long, penetrated shields or armor.