Recreating Bronze Roman Naval Rams from Punic War Using Ancient Techniques

Recreating Bronze Roman Naval Rams from Punic War Using Ancient Techniques

A team of archaeologists has just recreated a bronze Roman naval ram using ancient fabrication techniques. The ram design was critical in the establishment of Roman naval superiority in the Mediterranean. The primary weapon used on naval galleys in the Mediterranean for close to a millenium (c. 500 BCE–500 CE) was the bronze ram. The use and devastating force of the ram is described in the ancient accounts of sea battles, but examples of the anc…