12-30-2006, 08:00 PM
Salve Omnes,
There is a catch! The Liberna, the type of vessel they will be reconstructing, is a bireme only known from the Trajan column. Unfortunately, unlike other warships, the liberna has never been excavated in these parts of the world, although it is reputed to be the backbone of the classis. The site of the Mainz museum offers a reconstruction http://www2.rgzm.de/navis/Musea/Mainz/NavismusEngl.htm
halfway down the page and on RAT someone has posted a link to a 3D computer reconstruction, I copied some pics, but can't relocate the site. :oops:
A shipbuilder in Holland, Kees Sars (Sars Houtbouw), has done some calculations for the themeparc I'm working on to build two sailing versions of the Oberstimm ships. He recreated the cargoship build for the Archeon. Perhaps worth contacting him, he has good references and is well known in Mainz and Lelystad (NISA). From what I have gleaned from the newspapers here, this will be a non-sailing replica. So practice can be postponed. Mind you, rowing a bireme with 50 men is a Herculean task!
But the bright side is ... Interest in the Roman past of the Netherlands is on the rise. Rejoyce!!!
There is a catch! The Liberna, the type of vessel they will be reconstructing, is a bireme only known from the Trajan column. Unfortunately, unlike other warships, the liberna has never been excavated in these parts of the world, although it is reputed to be the backbone of the classis. The site of the Mainz museum offers a reconstruction http://www2.rgzm.de/navis/Musea/Mainz/NavismusEngl.htm
halfway down the page and on RAT someone has posted a link to a 3D computer reconstruction, I copied some pics, but can't relocate the site. :oops:
A shipbuilder in Holland, Kees Sars (Sars Houtbouw), has done some calculations for the themeparc I'm working on to build two sailing versions of the Oberstimm ships. He recreated the cargoship build for the Archeon. Perhaps worth contacting him, he has good references and is well known in Mainz and Lelystad (NISA). From what I have gleaned from the newspapers here, this will be a non-sailing replica. So practice can be postponed. Mind you, rowing a bireme with 50 men is a Herculean task!
But the bright side is ... Interest in the Roman past of the Netherlands is on the rise. Rejoyce!!!
