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1 posted on 07/14/2010 5:43:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

Amazing!


3 posted on 07/14/2010 5:45:05 PM PDT by SoftwareEngineer
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To: SunkenCiv

Bump for later perusal. Those giant Roman cargo carriers were really something.


5 posted on 07/14/2010 5:49:48 PM PDT by Argus
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To: SunkenCiv; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 21twelve; 240B; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...

Anybody have a map of where Portus was/is actually located in Italy?


6 posted on 07/14/2010 6:00:44 PM PDT by Jim W N
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To: SunkenCiv

“All right... all right... but apart from better sanitation and medicine and education and irrigation and public health and roads and a freshwater system and baths and public order... what have the Romans done for us?”


11 posted on 07/14/2010 6:18:15 PM PDT by dfwgator
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14 posted on 07/14/2010 6:29:39 PM PDT by Outlaw Woman
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To: SunkenCiv

Fascinating! Thanks for the ping sc :)


15 posted on 07/14/2010 6:30:27 PM PDT by Outlaw Woman
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To: SunkenCiv
Ancient Romans liked Nước Mám! Who would have guessed?
24 posted on 07/14/2010 8:36:31 PM PDT by ThanhPhero (di tray hoi den La Vang)
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To: SunkenCiv

Before the canal, the road was used to transport cargo from port to city.

My memory is that the canal has been known for a long time?


26 posted on 07/15/2010 4:27:33 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... The winds of war are freshening)
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