Three more bronze rostra - one of which has already been retrieved - from the Battle of the Aegates (Italian Battaglia delle Isole Egadi) have been found at a depth of 85 metres, off the coast of the island of Levanzo, the smallest of the three main Aegadian Islands in the Mediterranean Sea west of Sicily, Italy.
Click here to read more.
More warship rams from the Battle of the Aegates found near Sicily
Do you appreciate our work?
Support us with a donation.
FORUM IULII (Fréjus)

Many quotations have been handed down from antiquity that refer to the ancient name of Fréjus; Forum Iulii ...........
Read more ...Spanish marble

Very soon after her construction Italica developed into a prosperous city with a harbour for the import and export of all kinds of goods including minerals and…..marble....
Read more ...Roman merchant ships

When we speak of ports, in our case Roman ports, we usually refer to temporary anchorages or berths where...........
Read more ...A Roman port above the Limes

The region in the north of the Roman Empire was inhabited by a people called Frisii (Frisians) by the Romans. ...........
Read more ...