• grue@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    They lost something like three whole fucking fleets to storms, they really should have just stopped sailing into storms at some point.

    To be fair, without modern weather forecasting with satellites and such, setting sail was always gonna be a crapshoot.

    • sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.works
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      10 days ago

      Ceaser was told of the coming storm when he sailed to Britain. Both times. He still sailed. This is a very common problem for Romans even when they know of a storm they still sailed. Air pressure, humidity, bird behavior, cloud patterns all can signify rain. Not as perfectly as today nor can they get a weeks forcast. They can still tell there’s going to be a storm later that day or likely one the next. Rome just kinda said fuck the gods we ride