This question is addressed in the section, "Arizona's rivers".
The OP appears to have been removed by the moderators. I suspect they are not open to anything from Paul Furber, even if I do not agree with Furber's interpretations.
There are millions of reasons that this story is idiotic but the top one is that the Romans were rather good record keepers, and the idea that they'd just... "forget" how to make ships that can cross the world's oceans... when their own struggled in the Mediterranean, is especially stupid.
Also, I live in Arizona, even if you made the current rivers flush with water, the uphill nature of the rivers would make them impossible to navigate by a "sail" rigged ship.
How the ship ended up 3000 feet above sea level in the mountains of central Arizona..?
"Now you know... the rest of the story."
-Paul Harvey
This question is addressed in the section, "Arizona's rivers".
The OP appears to have been removed by the moderators. I suspect they are not open to anything from Paul Furber, even if I do not agree with Furber's interpretations.
I saw that, I was making a joke anyway.
There are millions of reasons that this story is idiotic but the top one is that the Romans were rather good record keepers, and the idea that they'd just... "forget" how to make ships that can cross the world's oceans... when their own struggled in the Mediterranean, is especially stupid.
Also, I live in Arizona, even if you made the current rivers flush with water, the uphill nature of the rivers would make them impossible to navigate by a "sail" rigged ship.
So... fucking... stupid...