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Abandoned Anchors From Punic Wars Found Near Sicily
Archaeology Magazine ^
| Wednesday, July 03, 2013
| from Discovery News
Posted on 07/03/2013 9:18:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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07/03/2013 9:18:19 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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07/03/2013 9:19:46 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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07/03/2013 9:20:24 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: SunkenCiv
I wonder how many will think “He said ‘punic’”- *snicker*
heh
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07/03/2013 9:21:11 PM PDT
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GeronL
To: GeronL
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07/03/2013 9:22:08 PM PDT
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Paladin2
To: SunkenCiv
Who knew John Kerry was piloting swift boats way back during the Punic Wars?
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07/03/2013 9:22:42 PM PDT
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fhayek
To: Paladin2
pubic intossicashun offsser??! My front yard ain’t pubic!!
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07/03/2013 9:26:46 PM PDT
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GeronL
To: fhayek
With my doughty crew of Galley-Slaves, I pressed into the very core of the Latin Republic - it is seared, seared in my memory!
Oh, and by the way, did you know I have three Purple Hearts?
America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!
Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
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07/03/2013 9:26:57 PM PDT
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ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: SunkenCiv
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07/03/2013 9:27:59 PM PDT
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RedHeeler
To: SunkenCiv
An excellent find indeed, SunkenCiv! Over a half century since I studied Latin, I still can't remember, or maybe never knew, why they are referred to as the "Punic Wars" rather than the "Carthaginian Wars."
No matter, "Carthago delenda est!"
America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!
Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
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07/03/2013 9:33:09 PM PDT
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ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: SunkenCiv; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Very informative link, Sunk! Thanks.
Some other informative videos on the site include "Ancient Wine," and the discovery of a "Viking Sunstone on a Medieval English wreck."
The videos are narrated by a couple of nerdgeeks you will remember from Jr. High. Annoying. Amusing.
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07/03/2013 9:45:53 PM PDT
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Kenny Bunk
("Obama" The Movie. Introducing Reggie Love as "Monica." .)
To: ConorMacNessa
LOL. And you thought that a Classical Education had gone to waste.
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07/03/2013 10:09:31 PM PDT
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fhayek
To: SunkenCiv
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07/03/2013 10:15:41 PM PDT
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onyx
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To: fhayek
No, not waste. But it sure has gotten lonely up here in 3-D land! My Father used to be fond of saying "The Civilized World is a very small place."
I have come to find that here on FR, that "small place" is more densely populated than anywhere else on this planet.
America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!
Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
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07/03/2013 10:24:50 PM PDT
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ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: GeronL
To: ConorMacNessa; GeronL; Paladin2; fhayek; RitchieAprile
The Romans lucked into a beached, abandoned Carthaginian ship, took it apart piece by piece, reproduced it in quantity, and built their first navy. Naturally, it came as a surprise to the Carthaginians. Having their asses handed to them also came as a surprise to the Carthaginians.
It should also be pointed out that the Carthaginian armies and navies were almost entirely made up of mercenaries; the aristocracy served as the leaders and rulers of the society, and everyone else was either devoted to trades and commerce or were slaves.
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07/04/2013 7:17:33 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: SunkenCiv
That’s an amazing picture. Anchors still recognizable as such after being abandoned at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea for over 2,000 years.
Fascinating colors and growths adorn them as well. I wonder if the archeologists will try to clean them off, or preserve them as they are.
To: ConorMacNessa
So we’d have a Latin root for the word, “punitive?”
To: RedHeeler; Kenny Bunk; onyx
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07/04/2013 7:37:57 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: fhayek; ConorMacNessa
LOL. And you thought that a Classical Education had gone to waste. Never! And I'm sure there are a few esteemed colleagues who would stand by that comment...
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07/04/2013 7:42:26 AM PDT
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COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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