09-30-2008, 06:24 PM
There is an article by George Makris (translated by John Solman), "Ships", in The Economic History of Byzantium, vol. 1, pp. 91-100. On page 96 he discusses the lateen sail, saying that is in, in fact, a Greco-Roman invention.
John Baker
Justice is the constant and perpetual wish to render to every one his due.
- Institutes, bk. I, ch. I, para. I
Justice is the constant and perpetual wish to render to every one his due.
- Institutes, bk. I, ch. I, para. I