SC - Americans and corn (was: Food guessing game)

[JVButlerJr at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/8/00 5:35:27 PM Pacific Daylight Time, troy at asan.com 
writes:

> So did the crews of the Roman navy's triremes, which in several ways are
>  similar in design to the longship, if a bit larger. The Romans were not
>  known as sailors.
>  
>  Adamantius

    You are absolutely correct.  They weren't... once they conquered the only 
other two sea powers in the area, Carthage and Egypt, and no longer needed a 
strong fighting navy.  Before that time, however, they *were* sailors, and 
quite skilled ones at that.

    Sayyid Suleyman al-Rashid ibn Beyazid