Draw yourself as a vehicle of some sort.

[Reg Smeeton]

Are you quite s(h-oar) ? http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_quinqueremes.htm

Knarr not nao.

[jayohaitchenn]

That site is just plain wrong. The Romans stole all their ship designs from the Carthagininans, and as such the quinquereme was designed by Carthage. They dominated the Med just before the time of Hannibal and Scipio.

[Talk Talk]

Scipio

Was he a Roman kangaroo?

[jayohaitchenn]

Not sure I follow mate. That is the correct spelling...?

[jayohaitchenn]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scipio_Africanus

[ron dodgers]

quincunx is nearly there and one of my favourite words

[Talk Talk]

Not sure I follow mate. That is the correct spelling...?

You are way to young to remember the original, but you might have seen the Goodness Gracious Me version...

[nevillew]

Actually Reg, It seems that there is no firm agreement on the quinquereme. The references below could put you in the right, or neither of us. Shall we call it a win-win ?

http://www.economicexpert.com/a/Quinquereme.htm    (Neither of us correct)

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shire/6423/Ships/essay.html  (mentions 5 per oar, but "many banks")

[pauld]

That site is just plain wrong. The Romans stole all their ship designs from the Carthagininans, and as such the quinquereme was designed by Carthage. They dominated the Med just before the time of Hannibal and Scipio.

Actually, the Carthaginians pinched it from Dionysius, tyrant of Greek Sicily who was the first to be credited with a quinquereme (or πεντήρης as he'd have called it, being Greek) but as nev says it's not clear what a quinquereme was or whether the Roman one was a derivation of Graeco-Carthaginian design.

EDIT: And Skippy the Bush Kangaroo was one of the greatest kids' tv series ever. FACT!

[Reg Smeeton]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scipio_Africanus

The Slave Traders have a famous grave dedicated to another Scipio Africanus.

here's the inscription....

    I who was Born a PAGAN and a SLAVE
    Now sweetly sleep a CHRISTIAN in my Grave
    What tho' my hue was dark my SAVIOR'S sight
    Shall Change this darkness into radiant Light
    Such grace to me my Lord on earth has given
    To recommend me to my Lord in heaven
    Whose glorious second coming here I wait
    With saints and Angels him to celebrate

[ronnie21]

The Slave Traders have a famous grave dedicated to another Scipio Africanus.

   

Whereabouts in Bristol is that then Reg?

[Reg Smeeton]

Whereabouts in Bristol is that then Reg?

Henbury

[Talk Talk]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scipio_Africanus

Actually that keeps making me think of Lurcio, aka Frankie Howerd in Up Pompeii! What a great series that was, the double entendres used to make my dad crack up.

[Reg Smeeton]

 To be more exact Ronnie, St Mary's churchyard Henbury

 [url width=350 height=280]http://www.realhistories.org.uk/uploads/images/Scipio_Africanus_grave_Aver.jpg[/url]

[4D]

This has got to be the biggest swerve off topic, ever!