According to a statement from Sicily’s Superintendence of the Sea, the ram was found ... As the Greek historian Polybius later wrote, the Romans sank 50 Carthaginian ships and captured another ...

Greek warships had oars as well as sails ... When the trireme struck the side of an enemy ship, the ram smashed a hole in the wooden planks. Water flooded in and the damaged ship either sank ...

Greek warships had oars as well as sails ... When the trireme struck the side of an enemy ship, the ram smashed a hole in the wooden planks. Water flooded in and the damaged ship either sank ...