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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2495445, member: 56859&quot;]I had to look up &quot;rostrum tridens&quot;.&nbsp; In case others were similarly uninformed, it is a structure sticking out from a war ship&#039;s bow, at the waterline, has three protrusions, and its function was for ramming and damaging enemy ships.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]528700[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]528702[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m puzzled by the appearance of the rams on many of the coins shown.&nbsp; How could the rams work if they don&#039;t protrude significantly farther than other bow structures?&nbsp; I guess the renderings are adjusted to fit on a coin rather than reflective of reality.</p><p><br /></p><p>Doug&#039;s Arados bronze was even more puzzling at first.&nbsp; Which end is the front?&nbsp; Which end is the back?&nbsp; Isn&#039;t the large curved structure on the right the part that sticks out of the front of the ship?&nbsp; (nope, not in this illustration)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]528703[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Doug&#039;s coin shows a ship&#039;s battering ram without the ship to which it would be attached.&nbsp; The left part is what would stick out, and the right side is its point of attachment to the ship.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below is an actual Carthaginian naval ram from the time of the first Punic War.&nbsp; It helps explain the device shown on Doug&#039;s coin.&nbsp; The right side is the free side; the left is its point of attachment to the ship.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Carthaginian_naval_ram_%282%29.jpg/1920px-Carthaginian_naval_ram_%282%29.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_ram#/media/File:Carthaginian_naval_ram_(2).jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_ram#/media/File:Carthaginian_naval_ram_(2).jpg" rel="nofollow">image from Wikipedia</a></font></p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe all of this was obvious to the rest of you.&nbsp; If so... carry on, nothing to see here <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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