Between 1928 and 1932, two massive ships that had been ordered built by the Emperor Caligula were pulled from the bottom of Lake Nemi south of Rome. These were not just āships,ā they were floating palaces with marble mosaic floors, a heating system, baths and a lot of technological marvels that were ālost to historyā only to be rediscovered centuries later. Why build ships that massive and that expensive? That could only be used a lake? Good question! Some speculate they were built to impress the rulers of Syracuse and Egypt that Rome could match their luxury barges.
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