guy Posted May 13, 2021 Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 (edited) Great review of the Roman Naval Fleet in Britain (Classis Britannica): Simon Elliot’s excellent lecture begins about the 5:00 mark. The Classis Britannica was one of ten regional fleets.It consisted of about 900 ships and 7,000 men. Along with the Classis Germanica, the Classis Britannica was the most important fleet outside beyond the borders of Italy. The Classis Britannica had jurisdiction of not only the waters around Britain and the rivers within, it was also responsible for the Northwestern continental coast, including the coasts of Germania and Gaul. Despite the horrific image of galley slaves in the movie Ben-Hur (see GIF above), rowers on fighting ships were usually fit and healthy freemen. (One of many tiles with the mark “CLBR” or Classis Britannica.) https://alchetron.com/Classis-Britannica Edited May 13, 2021 by guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispina Posted May 13, 2021 Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 This sounds interesting. Will revisit later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy Posted May 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2021 (edited) The above GIF was taken from a horrifying naval battle scene from the movie Ben-Hur (2016). It is somewhat incorrect, however, since galley rowers were usually not slaves, but free naval seamen: Edited May 22, 2021 by guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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