04-11-2007, 02:50 PM
Martin Moser has posted an interesting link (in References & Reviews) about finding shipwrecks in the Med.
http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/viewtopic.php?t=15588
The Actium shipwrecks. In 31 BC the navy of Cleopatra and Anthony clashed against Octavian off the Greek coast. Hundreds of warships were sunk in a gigantic sea battle. So far none has been located. But the remains are waiting there someplace.
This is interesting as we do have eyewitness reports of this battle and there is (I assume) little dispute that is actually took place. If we are having trouble finding the wrecks from this battle is it any surprise that we have found little from Salamis?
Perhaps more time and better technology will give us the answers we seek.
Narukami
http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/viewtopic.php?t=15588
The Actium shipwrecks. In 31 BC the navy of Cleopatra and Anthony clashed against Octavian off the Greek coast. Hundreds of warships were sunk in a gigantic sea battle. So far none has been located. But the remains are waiting there someplace.
This is interesting as we do have eyewitness reports of this battle and there is (I assume) little dispute that is actually took place. If we are having trouble finding the wrecks from this battle is it any surprise that we have found little from Salamis?
Perhaps more time and better technology will give us the answers we seek.
Narukami
David Reinke
Burbank CA
Burbank CA
