SC - Americans and corn (was: Food guessing game)
JVButlerJr at aol.com
JVButlerJr at aol.com
Mon May 8 18:34:23 PDT 2000
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
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