RAM, or battering Ram. This is a well-known Engine of War. ‘Tis mentioned Ezek. iv. 1, 2. & xxi. 22.by Ezekiel in two Passages, and Nebuchadnezzar made use of it at the Siege of Jerusalem. Pliny says, it was Plin. l. 7. c. 56. Vitruv. l. x. c. 19. Tertul. de Pallio.Epeus that invented the Ram at the Siege of Troy: But Vitruvius and Tertullian ascribe the Invention to the Carthaginians. I believe Ezekiel is the earliest Author that has made any mention of this Machine.
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