Gordopolis Posted November 3, 2022 Report Share Posted November 3, 2022 The 4th century AD military handbook "De Rebus Bellicus" ("On the Things of Wars") describes Roman warships powered not by oar or sail, but by ox-driven paddle wheels. These crafts had an advantage of short bursts of speed (with the disadvantage that vast hay and water supplies had to be carried onboard to keep the oxen going) ย โ. . . .๐๐ฅ๐๐, ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ , ๐ก๐ข๐๐ ๐คโ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐โ๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ โ๐๐; ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐คโ๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ค๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ค๐๐กโ ๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐คโ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐, ๐ค๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐กโ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก, ๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐. . . .โ This is quite an incredible concept. Does anyone have any further info on this in a Roman context? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldrail Posted November 4, 2022 Report Share Posted November 4, 2022 Firstly the inventor of this concept didn't know much about physics. Rapid bursts of speed? I seriously don't think so. Secondly none of this stuff was ever taken seriously any more than the much vaunted Leonardo Da Vinci got his machines to fly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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