battering ram

     

A battering ram is a siege engine originating in ancient times to break open fortification walls or oors.

Trivia about battering ram

  • During a siege the Romans might have used an Aries, one of these, to break into the enemy's fortifications
  • I'll bet you didn't know he had one of these door-busting medieval devices with a ruminant name

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