Note 273 — XXXIX MILITARY ENGINES
Laurence Marcellus Larson translation
The ram was a massive beam used to batter down walls; it was an inheritance from antiquity and was much in use. See Oman, Art of War, 132; Aarböger for nordisk Oldkyndighed, 1867, 104; Falk, Altnordische Waffenkunde, 198.