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Naval rams found in Mediterranean sea

ref. : en.799.2013 | 16 May 2013 | by Francis Leveque
Ier millennium BC
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Currently, throughout the Mediterranean, only 17 naval rams were found :

- Rostrum from Athlit (1980),
- Rostrum from Piraeus,
- Rostrum from Bremenhaven, unknown provenance,
- Rostrum from Follonica, unknown provenance,
- Rostrum from Acqualadroni (2008),
- Rostrum from the Egadi islands 1 (2004),
- Rostrum from the Egadi islands 2 (2008),
- Rostrum from the Egadi islands 3 (2010),
- Rostrum from the Egadi islands 4 (2011),
- Rostrum from the Egadi islands 5 (2011),
- Rostrum from the Egadi islands 6 (2011),
- Rostrum from the Egadi islands 7 (2011),
- Rostrum from the Egadi islands 8 (2012),
- Rostrum from the Egadi islands 9 (2012),
- Rostrum from the Egadi islands 10 (2012),
- Libyan rostrum from Belgammel (1964),
- Rostrun boar from Genoa (1597)

Bibliography :

  • S. Tusa, J. Royal, The landscape of the naval battle at the Egadi Islands (241 B.C.), in Journal of Roman Archaeology, vol. 25 , 2012
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