Mock Sea Battle Ship crews engage in hand-to-hand combat during a mock sea battle in a flooded Roman amphitheater in an 1894 painting by Spanish painter Ulpiano Checa. The real-life sea battles such as this one imitated gave rise to today’s Marine Corps. SHARE IMAGE: Download Image: Full Size (0.45 MB) Photo By: National Archives photo VIRIN: 940101-O-ZZ999-221.JPG Photo Gallery