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Italian archeologists on trail of ancient warships
Reuters ^ | Fri Aug 12, 2005 | Shasta Darlington

Posted on 08/12/2005 8:21:24 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

After two years of underwater searches around the islands, which lie west of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, experts last year found a bronze helmet and some amphorae from about 241 BC, the date of the decisive Roman victory over the Carthage fleet. At around the same time, a team of Italy's famed art police busted a collector who had a ship's bronze battering ram from the same period on display in his home. It turned out the relic had been illegally looted using nets from the same area... The Battle of the Aegates Islands was the final naval battle between the fleets of Carthage and the Roman Republic during the First Punic War and marked a turning point for the two powers. Carthage went into decline after its defeat.

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KEYWORDS: aegates; aegatesislands; ancientnavigation; carthage; egadiislands; godsgravesglyphs; history; phoenicians; romanempire; sicily
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1 posted on 08/12/2005 8:21:24 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 08/12/2005 8:22:20 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated by FR profile on Tuesday, May 10, 2005.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Is there a trireme left in the world?


3 posted on 08/12/2005 8:23:45 AM PDT by RightWhale (Withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty and open the Land Office)
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Finally! A post where my tag (by Cato the Elder) is completely appropriate!


4 posted on 08/12/2005 8:32:59 AM PDT by Peter vE (Ceterum censeo: delenda est Carthago.)
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To: RightWhale

Maybe quite a number, but they would have to have gone down (i.e., not have been burned) during battle, fully loaded, and remained at depths where hydrogen sulfide replaces oxygen.


5 posted on 08/12/2005 8:44:02 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated by FR profile on Tuesday, May 10, 2005.)
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