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RE: Archaeologists Find Athenian Naval Base
June 19, 2016 at 1:46 pm
I guess, the Salamis part is just filling the blanks. But I always was fascinated with ancient naval bases. The Carthaginans had a most impressive one.
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RE: Archaeologists Find Athenian Naval Base
June 19, 2016 at 2:03 pm
A really interesting find.
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RE: Archaeologists Find Athenian Naval Base
June 19, 2016 at 3:25 pm
Another great find. Should be interesting to see follow ups on this.
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RE: Archaeologists Find Athenian Naval Base
June 19, 2016 at 3:41 pm
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Min, have you by any chance read the letters from Vindolanda? It's not only the architacture and contraptions that make them seem close to us, but also their thoughts and how they communicated. It's much closer to us than anything i read from the middle ages.
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RE: Archaeologists Find Athenian Naval Base
June 19, 2016 at 4:02 pm
I have seen some of them. I'm not aware of a full published and translated collection but there are two points that stick in memory. One is that by Medieval standards, literacy was far more commonplace. I recall one sent by one woman to another inviting her to a party which tells us that (radical idea!) women were educated. Also, one does not see the incessant praising of fucking god that one sees in Medieval writing.