The ram, or rostrum, made up the prow of a Roman warship.
The recovery team also used the research vesselHerculesto aid in the rostrums identification and recovery.
Since the early 2000s, 27 rostra have been found, according to the teams social mediapost.
A bronze battering ram recovered from the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea.Photo: Soprintendenza del Mare
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