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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 3328823, member: 99554&quot;]Maybe it was not only decorations. N.Fuentes wrote in one of his books :&quot;Most depictions of <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=55&amp;pos=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=55&amp;pos=0" rel="nofollow">Roman</a> galleys show between the triplepointed embolum (ram) and the curve of the prow, a proembolum (projecting beak) which was often carved in the shape of an animal: <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=boar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=boar" rel="nofollow">boar</a>, <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1803" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1803" rel="nofollow">wolf</a>, etcs.; the probable purpose of the proembolum was to break off the oars of an opposing vessel at their ports&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]881970[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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