Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Roman Warships, Michael Pitassi.

Roman Warships, Michael Pitassi.

Takes an interesting approach to the problem of reconstructing Roman warships, beginning with artistic and literary sources, moving onto a detailed plan based on the known limits of rowers and ending by constructing accurate models to see if the plan actually works in practise. The results are fascinating and his arguments very convincing.
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