Beacon Lights of History, Vol 3: Ancient Achievements by John Lord · Mentor New York
The Military Art, Part 2
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The Roman battering ram was a hundred-foot tree trunk tipped with an iron ram's head, swung by ropes to smash walls.
As heard by us
Rome's army is treated as a machine and judged as a force that helped shape, and strain, the republic.
The episode breaks the Roman legion into its parts, from heavy infantry armor and weapons to the officers who kept command from drifting into confusion.
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You want Rome's army from armor plate to imperial consequence.
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