Battle Of Lepanto - 7 October 1571, Sunday

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lepanto

 

In the history of naval warfare, Lepanto marks the last major engagement in the Western world to be fought almost entirely between rowing vessels, namely the galleys and galeasses which were the direct descendants of ancient trireme warships. The battle was in essence an "infantry battle on floating platforms". It was the largest naval battle in Western history since classical antiquity, involving more than 400 warships. Over the following decades, the increasing importance of the galleon and the line of battle tactic would displace the galley as the major warship of its era, marking the beginning of the "Age of Sail".

 

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Here is a book that I especially like. It has 22 poems in Latin with the English translation. Some only a few lines, some over a thousand.

 

http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674725423

 

One of the poets is Juan Latino who is black.

 

https://blackpast.org/gah/latino-juan-c-1518-c-1594

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Some more trivia, @Avalon: Miguel de Cervantes -of Don Quixote fame- lost an arm at the battle of Lepanto. He was henceforth known as “el Manco de Lepanto” (the Lepanto one-armed man).

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Some more trivia, @Avalon: Miguel de Cervantes -of Don Quixote fame- lost an arm at the battle of Lepanto. He was henceforth known as “el Manco de Lepanto” (the Lepanto one-armed man).

 

Interesting! Thank-you. I could never get into Dante until I got a commentary.

 

I just can not get into "Don Quixote". I have been looking for a good commentary but alas to no avail.