03-17-2009, 02:25 PM
Quote:a typical roman merchantmore of that kind: http://www.navistory.com/ (in French)
http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/63/c ... nterd3.gif
With their form, they are suited to high sees, rather than the "flat", long and almost keel-less warships.
I took the picture from a thread which has many more very good pictures of antiquity ships.
http://www.nexusboard.net/sitemap/8501/ ... ntike-t38/
... its in German, but the images are really worth a look.
I'd like to know the name of the artist, his work reminds me a bit to the illustrations of Björn Landström:
http://home.arcor.de/berzelmayr/land01.jpg
http://home.arcor.de/berzelmayr/land03.jpg
http://home.arcor.de/berzelmayr/land04.jpg
http://home.arcor.de/berzelmayr/land05.jpg
http://home.arcor.de/berzelmayr/land06.jpg
http://home.arcor.de/berzelmayr/land07.jpg
http://home.arcor.de/berzelmayr/land08.jpg
http://home.arcor.de/berzelmayr/land09.jpg
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