M. Porcius Cato Posted November 10, 2007 Report Share Posted November 10, 2007 Found a cool set of photos of an excavated Punic warship. See HERE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted November 10, 2007 Report Share Posted November 10, 2007 Is there a reconstruction model of that ship? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASCLEPIADES Posted November 10, 2007 Report Share Posted November 10, 2007 (edited) Is there a reconstruction model of that ship? Salve, Amici. Here it is: MPC send us to the NAVIS website, which I consider the best of the best regarding Classical Navies. As their picture archive is quite extensive, the link is somewhat heavy and the search may be a little difficult. They have the record of two sister Punic military vessels, numbered 56 (Marsala 1, this pic) and 84 (Marsala 2), both of them found on a sand bank near Isola Lunga (ancient Motya) outside that Sicilian city (ancient Lilybaeum), dated from the III Century BC, and with some circumstantial evidence relating them to the naval battle that ended the I Punic War (March 10, DXIII AUC / 241 BC). Edited November 10, 2007 by ASCLEPIADES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rameses the Great Posted November 10, 2007 Report Share Posted November 10, 2007 Well, they're not as large and bulky as I believed but then again Punic warships were meant to ram and destroy the ship with one blow so it doesen't come as much of a surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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