Life in the Roman world of Nero and StPaul . ship for India, with a reasonable prospect— if he escapes the Arab pirates — of completing hisbusiness and returning home in about six 120 ships, small and great, leave the above-mentioned harbour each year on the vojage toIndia, for Alexandria is the great depot for the traderound the Indian Ocean, and the products of Indiaare in lively demand at Rome. On such a remote course, however, we will notfollow. Let us rather suppose that our traveller isproceeding from Alexandria, the second city of theempire, to Rome, which is the first. In t
Life in the Roman world of Nero and StPaul . ship for India, with a reasonable prospect— if he escapes the Arab pirates — of completing hisbusiness and returning home in about six 120 ships, small and great, leave the above-mentioned harbour each year on the vojage toIndia, for Alexandria is the great depot for the traderound the Indian Ocean, and the products of Indiaare in lively demand at Rome. On such a remote course, however, we will notfollow. Let us rather suppose that our traveller isproceeding from Alexandria, the second city of theempire, to Rome, which is the first. In this case hemay enjoy the great advantage of going on board oneof those merchantmen belonging to the imperial 26 LIFE IN THE ROMAN WORLD service, which sail regularly with a freight of corn tofeed the empire city. His port of landing willbe Puteoli (Puzzuoli) in the Bay of Naples, whichwas then the Liverpool of Italy. The rest of thejourney he will either make by the Appian Road, or,less naturally, by smaller freight-ship, putting in at. Fig. 4. — Ship beside the Quay at Ostia. (Wolf and twins on mainsail.) Ostia, the port of Rome recently constructed by theEmperor Claudius at the mouth of the river ship, a well-manned and strongly-built vessel offrom 500 tons up to 1100 or more, will carry onelarge mainsail, formed of strips of canvas strengthenedby leather at their joinings, a smaller foresail, and astill smaller topsail. It will be steered by a pair ofhuge paddles on either side of the stern. There will XL TRAVEL WITHIN THE EMPIRE 27 be a crows-nest on the mast, and at the bows afigurehead of Rome or Alexandria or of some deity,perhaps of Castor and Pollux combined. A tolerable,but by no means a liberal, amount of cabin accom-modation will be provided. A good-sized ship mightreach 200 feet in length by 50 in breadth. One ofthem brought to Rome the great obelisk which nowstands in the Piazza of St. Peters; another ship hadbrought another obelisk, 400,000 bushel
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