. The first six books of Cæsar's commentaries on the Gallic war. ieged, a shed or mantlet, with a strongroof, was formed around it The whole stood on wheels, so thatthe besiegers easily moved the engine at pleasure. It does notappear from ancient history, that the battering ram received anyimportant improvement after the one just stated. The discoveryof gunpowder and introduction of artillery have quite supersededthe use of this military engine, which the Romans long held ingreat esteem ARIOVISTUS. 257 The number of men employed at once in working the ram, andthe length of time they continued,
. The first six books of Cæsar's commentaries on the Gallic war. ieged, a shed or mantlet, with a strongroof, was formed around it The whole stood on wheels, so thatthe besiegers easily moved the engine at pleasure. It does notappear from ancient history, that the battering ram received anyimportant improvement after the one just stated. The discoveryof gunpowder and introduction of artillery have quite supersededthe use of this military engine, which the Romans long held ingreat esteem ARIOVISTUS. 257 The number of men employed at once in working the ram, andthe length of time they continued, would vary according to thenumber of the troops, the magnitude of the beam, the thicknessof the wall, Sec. It is certain that in some instances, upwards offifty men plied on each side, and from the severity of the labor,they must, in ordinary cases, have been frequently relieved. Thefollowing wood cut represents the battering ram protected by theTestudo, or vinece, under which the men employed in working itwere protected from the missiles of the enemy. Ariovistus, i, king of the Germans, who invaded Gallia, (France,)conquered a considerable part of that country, and subjected theinhabitants to the most cruel and oppressive treatment. Caesarmarched up to his very camp, compelled him to fight, and gainedsuch a complete victory, that a very few only, among whom was 253 armoricjE civitates—aulerci. Ariovistus himself, escaped. These continued their flight, untilthey reached the banks of the Rhine, which they crossed, someby swimming, others by boats. Ariovistus, in a little vessel, gotsafely to the other side. From this period nothing of his historyis known. Armorlcae civitates, Armoric States, namely, those of the RhedonesNamnetes, Veneti, Curiosolites, Osismii, Corisopiti, Unelli, Am-brincatui, Bajocasses, Viducasses, and Lexovii, who inhabitedthe wrestern part of the countries, between the Ligeris, (Loire,)and the Sequana, (Seine.) They had this name from their situa
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