RomanArmyTalk › Research Arena › Ancient Civ Talk v
The Lateen Sail - A Greco-Roman Invention

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Linear Mode
The Lateen Sail - A Greco-Roman Invention
Gaius Julius Caesar Offline
Legatus Legionis [may request custom title]
*********
Posts: 13,279
Threads: 102
Joined: May 2006
Reputation: 3
#5
07-04-2008, 10:20 AM
I thought I had seen representations of tilted for sails and lateen's from ancient times, but though it was just my imagination......this is quite interesting!
Visne partem mei capere? Comminus agamus! * Me semper rogo, Quid faceret Iulius Caesar? * Confidence is a good thing! Overconfidence is too much of a good thing.
[b]Legio XIIII GMV. (Q. Magivs)RMRS Remember Atuatuca! Vengence will be ours!
Titus Flavius Germanus
Batavian Coh I
Byron Angel
Find
Reply


Messages In This Thread
Re: The Lateen Sail - A Greco-Roman Invention - by Gaius Julius Caesar - 07-04-2008, 10:20 AM
Re: - by Eleatic Guest - 03-09-2009, 01:39 PM

Possibly Related Threads…
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  Acclaiming the Greek Invention of a Civic Identity Eleatic Guest 0 1,063 12-05-2014, 12:34 AM
Last Post: Eleatic Guest
  \'Yin Yang\' Sign in Greco-Roman Culture Eleatic Guest 7 3,331 05-30-2013, 12:06 PM
Last Post: Robert Vermaat
  Lead hull sheating of Greco-Roman ships Titus Martius 6 3,025 04-15-2007, 04:29 PM
Last Post: Tertius Mummius

Forum Jump: