12-21-2004, 09:51 AM
Re troops on board ship, a couple of images from the Vatican Vergil (c. AD 400), depicting Aeneas on board ship.<br>
<img src="http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~amiddltn/holdall/vatv39v.jpg" style="border:0;"/><br>
And this one of Aeneas approaching Sicily.<br>
<img src="http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~amiddltn/holdall/vatv31v.jpg" style="border:0;"/><br>
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Not exactly taking the marines argument forward , but about 20 years after Vegetius.<br>
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Regards<br>
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<br>
Paul<br>
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<img src="http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~amiddltn/holdall/vatv39v.jpg" style="border:0;"/><br>
And this one of Aeneas approaching Sicily.<br>
<img src="http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~amiddltn/holdall/vatv31v.jpg" style="border:0;"/><br>
<br>
Not exactly taking the marines argument forward , but about 20 years after Vegetius.<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
<br>
<br>
Paul<br>
<br>
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