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To: SunkenCiv

A rostrum or beak.The Romans quickly adopted its use to claim Mediterranean supremacy.
The Roman rostrum was made from these beaks from enemy ships...and we still use the word today for a speaker’s podium.

https://www.sea.museum/2017/05/29/a-roman-rostrum


3 posted on 08/28/2024 4:07:34 AM PDT by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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There must be a bunch of these on the bottoms of the 7 seas.


7 posted on 08/28/2024 4:48:25 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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