12-12-2003, 07:51 PM
Salve K Las, I have no idea if there were any pump devices in Rome. I thought the vigiles carried hemp mats for the purpose of suffocating fires, and no doubt there were buckets.<br>
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Crassus was one of G Julius Caesar's contemporaries, as he was one of the original triumvirate with Caesar and Pompey. Richest man in Rome, which was saying something, and had his own fire crews.<br>
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Here's an image of Ctesibius' pump<br>
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alexandrias.tripod.com/ctesibius.htm<br>
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www.bbc.co.uk/history/his...bius.shtml <p>Legio XX<br>
Caupona Asellinae</p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub27.ezboard.com/bromancivtalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=richsc>Richsc</A> at: 12/12/03 9:05 pm<br></i>
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Crassus was one of G Julius Caesar's contemporaries, as he was one of the original triumvirate with Caesar and Pompey. Richest man in Rome, which was saying something, and had his own fire crews.<br>
<br>
Here's an image of Ctesibius' pump<br>
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alexandrias.tripod.com/ctesibius.htm<br>
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www.bbc.co.uk/history/his...bius.shtml <p>Legio XX<br>
Caupona Asellinae</p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub27.ezboard.com/bromancivtalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=richsc>Richsc</A> at: 12/12/03 9:05 pm<br></i>
Richard Campbell
Legio XX - Alexandria, Virginia
RAT member #6?
Legio XX - Alexandria, Virginia
RAT member #6?
