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Chronicles of the Houses of Darkness - The Tin Road by maluginens
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Chronicles of the Houses of Darkne...by Pierre Vandwalle
Lucius Cornelius Maluginens and Livia minor, two young people eager to make their own wealth in the lucrative Tin trade. Lucius, the penniless son of a family of traders...
A Tale of Two Brands. Part 1: War Galleys in the Medieval Mediterranean by micbai2024
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A Tale of Two Brands. Part 1: War...by Michael Baizerman
The article focuses on the galley design and explains how rowed vessels benefited from sails. It shows that the banana-shaped craft had hybrid propulsion. I wrote this a...
Rowing a scaloccio by micbai2024
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Rowing a scaloccioby Michael Baizerman
The article discusses the new rowing technique developed by sixteenth-century Mediterranean galleys and its impact on the recruitment and status of rowers in different f...