I have no idea if there were any of the new Protestant nations represented at the battle.
I suppose they were mainly Northern ones, as the Med was surrounded by older Catholic ones.
It is weird to think the ships involved were the same type used two millennia before and that they were still rowed by slaves or prisoners of war. How many went down with the ships too?
Prohibition: not while I breathe you won't!
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Today, 28th October, in 1919 the Volstead Act became law.
Alcohol was banned: prohibition began.
I remember once asking an American what this was. I remember being shocked to the point of incredulity. The person was obviously joking:alcohol was completely banned!
What?
And that was passed and accepted by everyone?
Long live European drunkeness, I say.
Still cannot believe it. -
Everything in MODERATIONS!…
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Burp!





