With twin sails and a graceful goose-neck stern, it plowed the Mediterranean ferrying goods Posted
Sep 9, 2010
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Rome itself might have starved without the legions of these merchant ships ferrying grain from Egypt, Carthage, and the Black Sea. Featuring an elegant goose-neck stern, these square-rigged ships, with a large main sail and a smaller spritsail suspended from a forward foremast, truly made the Mediterranean Mare Nostrum, Our Sea. A rudder resembling a large oar was used for steering.
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