In 52 A.D., the slopes surrounding Lake Fucino, about 80 kilometers from Rome, were full of people arriving from the neighboring villages and the capital itself. On the water were waiting two fleets of trirremes and quadriremes manned by convicts, 19,000 according to Tacitus, although historians suspect that the figure [...]
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In 52 A.D., the slopes surrounding Lake Fucino, about 80 kilometers from Rome, were full of people arriving from the neighboring villages and the capital itself. On the water were waiting two fleets of trirremes and quadriremes manned by convicts, 19,000 according to Tacitus, although historians suspect that the figure [...]