Battle of the Aegates Islands Believed found

[Uwe Bahr]

A couple of years ago, a similar claim was made: the wrecks of Actium had been discovered. It turned out to be a mistake. I hope that this time, we will be more lucky, but I can't help being skeptical.

Jona - are You thinking about the Actium project from this site:

[url:365ghhh4]http://luna.cas.usf.edu/~murray/actium/brochure.html[/url]

I was always wondering why there came no news, do You have information that it is at an end?

At least I remember to have seen an (older) picture with a bust of Minerva that might have decorated the front of a Roman galley and which had allegedly been found in the waters at Actium. The piece has a form that could be interpreted as lining of the so called 'Obersporn' (unfortunately I don't know the correct English word, perhaps 'upper spur'), which is the smaller ram attached above the actual battering ram.

To return to the actual topic, does anybody have information or pictures of the Bronze helmet that was found last year from the Sicilian archaeologists or from the battering ram found in a private collection?

Greets - Uwe