01-16-2010, 12:38 PM
Romans in China may be silly, but they'd only have had to walk there.
Crossing the Atlantic--even the Africa to Brazil--is a very different matter, though the currents approaching zero latitude favor east-to-west shipping. Most Mediterranean military and merchant shipping of the empire would have trouble with the open seas, though assumedly something went back and forth to Britannia.
Of course it can be done. Have you seen Sahara? A low-decked Confederate iron-clad made the same trip the opposite direction. :lol:
Crossing the Atlantic--even the Africa to Brazil--is a very different matter, though the currents approaching zero latitude favor east-to-west shipping. Most Mediterranean military and merchant shipping of the empire would have trouble with the open seas, though assumedly something went back and forth to Britannia.
Of course it can be done. Have you seen Sahara? A low-decked Confederate iron-clad made the same trip the opposite direction. :lol:
"Fugit irreparabile tempus" (Irrecoverable time glides away) Virgil
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