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<p>[QUOTE="AncientJoe, post: 1934135, member: 44357"]I like this theory and can certainly see consistency between other series as well.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect that the center ship is an active ship because of the people depicted working on the sails. However, I too was a bit confused/misled with the various texts which I read to write the description. They consistently mention the sinking of Caligula's galley for the building of the Port but never mention why. It would seem like an odd approach to sink a ship just to build a lighthouse on it as the ship would be an invisible obstacle. I'd have to assume it was dismantled and used for some grander purpose but relative to the sheer quantity of marble needed for the entire port, I'd be shocked if it were large enough to provide a substantial quantity relative to the amount which would need to have been imported.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AncientJoe, post: 1934135, member: 44357"]I like this theory and can certainly see consistency between other series as well. I suspect that the center ship is an active ship because of the people depicted working on the sails. However, I too was a bit confused/misled with the various texts which I read to write the description. They consistently mention the sinking of Caligula's galley for the building of the Port but never mention why. It would seem like an odd approach to sink a ship just to build a lighthouse on it as the ship would be an invisible obstacle. I'd have to assume it was dismantled and used for some grander purpose but relative to the sheer quantity of marble needed for the entire port, I'd be shocked if it were large enough to provide a substantial quantity relative to the amount which would need to have been imported.[/QUOTE]
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