Caligula's Giant Ship
Caligula's "Giant Ship", also known as the "Round Ship", was a very large barge, the ruins of which were found during the construction of Rome's Leonardo da Vinci International Airport in Fiumicino, Italy. This was previously a Roman port a few kilometres north of Ostia at the mouth of the Tiber River. The ship was dated to using dendochronological dating methods. This Roman barge had a length of between and a beam of about . It was six decks high, displaced a minimum of 7,400 tons, and carried a crew of 700–800. Caligula's Giant