Schiffskatastrophe vor Kamarina

Die Schiffskatastrophe vor Kamarina im Juli 255 v. Chr. in der Straße von Sizilien war der schwerste Seeunfall der Antike und der gesamten Schifffahrtsgeschichte. Bis zu 100.000 Menschen starben.

↑ Michael Pitassi: The Navies of Rome, Woodbridge 2009, S. 65: … as many as 100.000 men perished, their ships foundering on or being dashed onto the rocks of south-east Sicily. It was, and remains to this day, the greatest known loss of human life in a single incident of shipwreck in the history of seafaring.

[:0-1] Michael Pitassi: The Navies of Rome, Woodbridge 2009, S. 65: … as many as 100.000 men perished, their ships foundering on or being dashed onto the rocks of south-east Sicily. It was, and remains to this day, the greatest known loss of human life in a single incident of shipwreck in the history of seafaring.