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Folks who find this interesting might find the Roman Nemi ships interesting. They were likely large scale pleasure barges. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemi_s
by adolph 5y ago
Folks who find this interesting might find the Roman Nemi ships interesting. They were likely large scale pleasure barges.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemi_ships https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemi_ships
- sitkack 5y ago> Recovered from the lake bed in 1929, the ships were destroyed by fire during World War II in 1944. These are fantastical!
- jaclaz 5y agoI would add that people would likely be interested to the drainage tunnel that the Romans excavated (emissarium) which is an incredible engineering feat, not only because it has an exceptionally accurate (low, 0,8/1% gradient) slope, but because it was excavated from both sides of the mountain and at the connection there was an error of only a few meters. I don't seem to be able to find a dedicated article/site, there is a description in this .pdf: http://soci.romasotterranea.it/image/rassegna_stampa/pdf/12.pdf http://soci.romasotterranea.it/image/rassegna_stampa/pdf/12.... In 1929 the tunnel was re-used pumping in it (with mechanical pumps) the water to be able to recover the wrecks. Also interesting are reports of previous attempts to inspect the ships in the 15th, 16th and 19th century: https://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/miscellanea/nemi/nemi.html https://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/mi...
- adolph 5y agoWow, that was a great read and I’m grateful for the English version on the second page.
- devoutsalsa 5y agoHow do I get an invite one of those boat parties?! They really knew how to party back then.
- eloff 5y agoThe billionaires yachts of the ancient world. It's a shame they were destroyed in WW2.