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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Heh... the Romans really liked those, and boosted a bunch. That one in particular was brought over for Caligula, and the boat that had to be built to transport it was so large, even by Roman standards, that it became a tourist attraction in its own right. Eventually, Claudius had it sunk end-down for use as a form to pour the concrete mole to anchor the breakwater for his all-season port.


12 posted on 09/18/2022 12:36:48 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Thanks for adding to the history!


13 posted on 09/18/2022 12:38:01 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything. )
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