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LUPUS FE´RREUS

LUPUS FE´RREUS the grappling-iron used by the besieged in repelling the attacks of the besiegers, and especially in seizing the batteringram and diverting its blows. [ARIES] (Liv. 33.3; Veget. de Re Mil. 2.25, 4.23.)

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    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 33, 3
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