The History of Rome - Table of Contents Infantry Warship Mural

1st_cent_mural_pompeii_punic_wars_260bc.gif This 1st Century AD mural from Pompeii depicts how the Roman warships were really "floating infantry units" equipped with grapples, to capture the enemy vessel, and boarding-parties of legionaries.

HOUSE OF VETTII, POMPEII

The History of Rome - Part One 743 - 136 B.C.

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