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Pig Copper Bar
 When Pyrrhus brought his war elephants with his invading army the Romans had pigs in their
camps which the elephants had never before encountered in battle and they
became panicky. This copper bar currency commemorates the Roman routing of elephants
in battle.
BRITISH MUSEUM
The History of Rome - Part One 743 - 136 B.C. © Bible History Online (http://www.bible-history.com) |