Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble), 1878-1944 · London : Sidgewick & Jackson, litd · leaf 101
AND WAYS OF OTHER DAYS Romes fleets kept off Carthage and Philip and enabledRome to be mistress of the sea route between Hannibaland Spain; and, as is usually the case, the decadenceof the Government was promptly followed by thedecadence of the fleet. The influence of the Roman navy on land was… … Two Coins depicting Naumachi*.(From Scheffers De Militia Navali.) specially constructed for holding naval fights. Therewas one, for instance, ^ built by Augustus on the trans-tiberine side of the river, and traces of this naumachiawere discovered not many years ago. A naumachiaconsisted of an…
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