Outlines of ancient and modern history, on a new plan . s inferior to thelatter. The principal engines of attack among the Romans werethe catapultae, which discharged heavy stones; the balistae,which discharged arrows, and the aries or battering ram,which was the most effective as applied against the Avail. § The aries was along beam,like the mast of a ship, armed at oneend, with iron in the form of a rams head. It was suspended in sucha manner, that 100 men, who were frequently changed, by violentlythrusting it back and forth, could break almost any wall, that it couldbe made to reach. To pro
Outlines of ancient and modern history, on a new plan . s inferior to thelatter. The principal engines of attack among the Romans werethe catapultae, which discharged heavy stones; the balistae,which discharged arrows, and the aries or battering ram,which was the most effective as applied against the Avail. § The aries was along beam,like the mast of a ship, armed at oneend, with iron in the form of a rams head. It was suspended in sucha manner, that 100 men, who were frequently changed, by violentlythrusting it back and forth, could break almost any wall, that it couldbe made to reach. To protect the soldiers in this work, various contrivances wereadopted, such as sheds called testudines, or tortoisesr from their re-semblance to the shell of that fish, and sheds called vineae, con-structed of wood and hurdles, and covered with earth and raw hides,so that they could not be set on fire. The form of a Roman camp of two legions, was a squareof nearly 700 yards on each side, with tents and quarters, laid Olympic Games.—Chariot Race. P. Olympic Games,—Boxing. P. 188.
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