Roman sailing – boats in the Roman empire

By |2017-09-04T23:57:44-07:00September 4th, 2017|Romans, Science|Comments Off on Roman sailing – boats in the Roman empire

Roman sailing ship with square sails (100s AD, Bardo Museum, Tunisia) Until the First Punic War, in 264 BC, the Romans had not been sailors, and had never had a navy. But [...]