1 posted on
04/20/2004 8:06:38 AM PDT by
presidio9
To: presidio9
Peter the Great built triremes to battle the Swedish Navy in the shallows of the Baltic Sea, and they were quite effective - they would venture out when the winds were calm and wreak havoc upon the becalmed warships.
2 posted on
04/20/2004 8:09:24 AM PDT by
dirtboy
(John Kerry - Hillary without the fat ankles and the FBI files...)
To: presidio9
I'd hate to have been on of those oarsmen--especially when the captain got into the mood for some water skiing.
4 posted on
04/20/2004 8:26:04 AM PDT by
Agnes Heep
(Solus cum sola non cogitabuntur orare pater noster)
To: presidio9
Wow! This is fascinating. I love the color graphic. It's kind of poetic justice that there are treasures
on the ocean floor that could not have been accessed by previous civilizations. Without the deep-sea technology
available, these sites could not be pillaged as were the early land sites.
Thanks for this article.
To: presidio9
Cool; I hope they find one (or more). I just happened to have watched the trireme battle in "Ben Hur" last night! (it was on too late to stay up for the chariot race).
6 posted on
04/20/2004 8:35:08 AM PDT by
cogitator
To: presidio9
More Persian-bashing.
Hey, Persia lasted a damn sight longer than the Assyrians or Babylonians did so they must have been doing something right. And the subsequent Seleucid monarchy was practically the Persian Empire with Hellenistic Greeks on top.
In Esther, Nehemiah, Daniel, and Ezra the Persians come across as strict but fair and honorable and on occasion generous.
To: presidio9
Interesting article thanks for posting it.
9 posted on
04/20/2004 8:45:10 AM PDT by
justshutupandtakeit
(America's Enemies foreign and domestic RATmedia agree: Bush must be destroyed.)
To: presidio9
Good post, thanks.
14 posted on
04/20/2004 7:42:22 PM PDT by
blam
To: presidio9; farmfriend
Extremely interesting! Thanks for the post & ping.
16 posted on
04/21/2004 5:34:24 AM PDT by
Constitution Day
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To: presidio9
Herodotus, known as the father of history...Herodotus has also been called the father of liars.
To: presidio9
Herodotus says there were 1,700,000 men in Xerxes' land army (that's not counting the fleet or cooks, porters, and other non-combatants)...no wonder scholars think his numbers are inflated.
31 posted on
09/04/2005 7:26:49 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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32 posted on
12/27/2006 6:17:34 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
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33 posted on
09/06/2008 11:37:37 PM PDT by
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