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Roman iron anchors were in use from the republican period onwards. [3] Originally they were closely modelled on earlier wooden anchors with removable lead stocks. [ 3 ] Over time the design of the arms changed probably to increase the ease with which the anchor could be pulled out of the sand or mud it was embedded in. [ 3 ] Towards the end of ...
Roman ships are named in different ways, often in compound expressions with the word Latin: navis, lit. 'ship'.These are found in many ancient Roman texts, and named in different ways, such as by the appearance of the ship: for example, navis tecta (covered ship); or by its function, for example: navis mercatoria (commerce ship), or navis praedatoria (plunder ship).
Reproduction of the Rostral Column of Gaius Duilius (c. 260 BC) at the Museum of Roman Civilization Rostral columns in Saint Petersburg Rostral columns of the place des Quinconces, Bordeaux, France rostral column, Grand Basin, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1893 Torre de Cristal in Recife, Brazil.
Wooden Nemi anchor with iron-tipped flukes and lead stock Lake Nemi ship anchor. The discovery proved that the Romans were capable of building large ships. Before the recovery of the Nemi ships, scholars often ridiculed the idea that the Romans were capable of building a ship as big as some ancient sources reported the Roman grain carriers were ...
Saint Philomena with attributes: palm branch, whip, anchor and arrows. Plaster cast by Johann Dominik Mahlknecht in the Museum Gherdëina in Urtijëi, Italy. Philomena (/ ˌ f ɪ l ə ˈ m iː n ə / FIL-ə-MEE-nə), also known as Saint Philomena (Ancient Greek: Ἁγία Φιλουμένη, romanized: Hagía Philouménē; Modern Greek: Αγία Φιλομένα, romanized: Agía Filoména) or ...
Roman as coin of the second half of the 3rd century BC, featuring the prow of a galley, most likely a quinquereme. Several similar issues are known, illustrating the importance of naval power during that period of Rome's history. After the Roman victory, the balance of naval power in the Western Mediterranean had shifted from Carthage to Rome. [15]
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Tom Holland, The Last Years of the Roman Republic ISBN 0-385-50313-X; Ramsay MacMullen, 2000. Romanization in the Time of Augustus (Yale University Press) Paul Veyne, editor, 1992. A History of Private Life: I From Pagan Rome to Byzantium (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press) Karl Wilhelm Weeber, 2008. Nachtleben im Alten Rom (Primusverlag)