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Containers made at first from clay, later from cast iron, known as 'carcasses', were launched by a siege engine, filled with pitch, Greek fire or other incendiary mixtures.
This siege engine was called a Polybolos and was reputedly invented by Dionysius of Alexandria in the 3rd century BC.