03-24-2014, 11:45 PM
The Roman army very seldom transported men by ship - sea travel was dangerous and could take a long time. However, sometimes it was done - crossings of the Mediterranean and the english channel mainly.
Does anyone know of any evidence for the size of ship used to transport troops, or how many men could have been carried aboard each vessel? What about transporting cavalry units? Is there any comparable information from later eras (the medieval period, for example) when ship size and technology would have been roughly similar?
Does anyone know of any evidence for the size of ship used to transport troops, or how many men could have been carried aboard each vessel? What about transporting cavalry units? Is there any comparable information from later eras (the medieval period, for example) when ship size and technology would have been roughly similar?
Nathan Ross
