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The main competitor of the sling, the Bow had many favorable charecteristics it had shorter distance took longer to reload and was harder to make, whitch made the sling much more easier to make and use, the weapon was extrordinary in the hands of a skilled trained user it was much more deadly than a bow, the weapon deiminished after the fall of the roman empire and was rarely seen again but the romans that used the weapon could aim know where they were going to hit there target and could hit a person in the head where they wanted.