Coral Sea (CVB 43) - Naval Cruise Book

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YRAC His SICILIAN cirx' has an illustrious past, having been one of the most powerful cities of the ancient Greek dominions. It was the soldiers of Syracuse who fought the long Carthage wars, first against Carthage, then with Carthage against Rome. Archimedes, the famed Syracuse mathematician, was slain when Rome finally captured the city. It was the capital of hen it fell to the attack of the Saraccns in A.D. 878. The modern city rests in the ruins the ancient Doric columns still the Roman province of Sicily W of the ancient city. Some of stand as a historic reminder of yesterday's civilizations. V . , . enum All.ulmnu-lic, Nnfiomll Musvum. V.-.:ei eg.meY5:.,a.,. , ,, L