How a Grad Student Resurrected an Ancient Naval Weapon Not Seen in 1,500 Years
The naval ram was used in antiquity to smash enemy ships. Stephen DeCasien, a student of nautical archaeology at Texas A&M University, has created a naval ram, a nearly 3,000-year-old weapon used by the ancient Greeks and Romans. Since the pandemic had thwarted DeCasien’s ability to travel abroad …
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