Posted on 04/13/2006 12:31:09 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Punta Scario is opposite to and only twenty minutes by sail from, the Egadi Islands which gave their name to the Roman naval victory that took place on the morning of March the 10th, 241 BC and ended the First Punic War. The wreck's contents, epigraphy and Carbon 14 determinations are consistent with this period, while circumstantial evidence points to a connection with the Battle itself. The Ship's architecture and contents show that it was not a merchantman, but some kind of hastily built auxiliary warship, possibly a Liburnian. After the Battle the wind had changed direction, so that by the evening, any surviving craft could have made for the nearest shore that was still in Punic hands… the presence of other wrecks off Punta Scario suggests that they did. The brief sounding that was carried out on "The Sister Ship" (only 40 metres from the main excavation) revealed the wooden framework of a "beak" type ram which also had a Phoenicio-Punic letter painted onto it.
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