Roman ballast from Carthage
Well, people put pictures of their cats and kids and stuff on blogs. I'm interested in historical things so here's a picture taken by me last week of some Roman ballast (also then used as canonballs) from Carthage, Tunisia. So I guess they had balls going into combat, but not coming back?
Roman ballast
(c) K Allan
Roman ballast
(c) K Allan
posted by Kate Allan @ 9:37 pm
3 Comments:
At 12:51 pm,
Sela Carsen said…
Now one has to wonder if it was a lack of balls that led to the fall of Rome. *rude snicker*
At 6:38 pm,
Sela Carsen said…
Also gives new meaning to the phrase "balls to the wall."
I'm on a roll today!
At 8:26 am,
Anna Louise Lucia said…
You mean they had balls of solid stone?
ggg. Sorry, Kate! But that's an amazing picture - must show it to Husband tonight, he'd be fascinated.
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