tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13989355.post112617026735053692..comments2016-11-26T22:48:57.917+00:00Comments on de præterito tempore: Troubled watersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13989355.post-1126475336379705362005-09-11T21:48:00.000+00:002005-09-11T21:48:00.000+00:00All, thanks for your help and support.Pierre, than...All, thanks for your help and support.<BR/><BR/>Pierre, thanks for your info, I thought I had read about this in Burckhardt's book (I have the first half) or any other of the books I have somewhere...<BR/><BR/>As for the Fleet, yeah, I'm having some fun... :-)<BR/><BR/>I'm supposing the trirremes must sleep ashore, but that the support ships are mainly sailing merchant ones, prepared to sail the Excaliborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03198846967026271989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13989355.post-1126411487227900072005-09-11T04:04:00.000+00:002005-09-11T04:04:00.000+00:00As someone else invovled in all these complexities...As someone else invovled in all these complexities of a historical fiction novel (Alexander's world) I much appreciated your detailed blog about the fleets.Wynn Bextonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08606284153866696343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13989355.post-1126370751711715312005-09-10T16:45:00.000+00:002005-09-10T16:45:00.000+00:00Its my understanding that the Greeks had breakfast...Its my understanding that the Greeks had breakfast and a dinner while serving on board a trireme, on shore of course. Triremes were primarily fighting ships not sailing ships and had to be beached each night. I suspect that the support ships being primarily sailing ships were not beached except for repair. All of this made Trireme fleets vunerable some of the time. Look what happened with thexibalbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00224952131898257723noreply@blogger.com