Naval device appears in the Greco-Roman sea war scene in the 2016 Ben-Hur
What is that device called? It is a figurehead-like device in front of a Greek warship with a live Roman soldier attached to it. The Greek ship later crushed into Ben-Hur's Roman ship.
(Optional) Also, Rome conquered Greece a long time before the times of Ben-Hur which is also the times of Jesus and Pontius Pilate. Greeks were also Romans by then. Why were they still at war?
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It's a figurehead. Well, it's really just a universal sign of disrespect. They are taunting the enemy, and daring them to attack. They are using him as a human shield. If the Romans attack, they would kill their fellow roman. They are using him as a trophy. Witness us, we will capture and humiliate you.
There is no specific word for it.
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What naval battle is depicted in Ben Hur?
During a naval battle against Greek rebels in the Ionian Sea, Ben-Hur's galley is boarded but collides with another ship and is destroyed as Ben-Hur manages to cling to a floating mast.Who won the naval battle in Ben Hur?
The victory conditions for this scenario practically wrote themselves. In the movie Arrius lost five galleys (including his flagship) but the pirate fleet was defeated, giving the Romans a triumph. So the pirates have to destroy more than five Roman galleys while not losing more than "X" number of their own ships.Ben Hur 2016 The Battle
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Answer 2
The device in front of the ship is called a naval ram, the Latin name for it was "rostrum". The soldier was not meant as a human shield but as a way to terrify their enemy. Greeks never felt Roman nor did the Macedonian, and many other of the occupied territories. Piracy was a great issue in the 1st century BC and although Pompey the Great may have put an end to it in the mid century, it is probable that the problem continued to a minor scale onto the 1st century AD. It is recorded that the Roman navy patrolled the Mediterranean to secure the commercial routes.
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