A ship’s ram found near Sicily that had been used in the Punic wars Peter Horree/Alamy
Ancient Greek and Roman warships were equipped with bronze rams to smash and sink enemy vessels 鈥 and a team of archaeologists has just recreated one. They plan to test the weapon on replica warships to assess how effective the rams were during naval battles.
鈥淭his research can help us understand the evolution of major warships, from the fleets of Alexander the Great鈥檚 successors to the vessels that secured Rome鈥檚 naval dominance,鈥 says at Dalian University of Technology in China,…
