Greece and Rome · Livy, History of Rome 21.62
Ships gleaming in the sky
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In the district of Amiternum, forms of men in shining garments were seen at a distance… and phantom ships had been seen gleaming in the sky.
Translation: After Roberts, 1905
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Read it literally
A Roman government record of ships in the sky during the war with Hannibal.
What scholars say
Livy lists prodigies from official records.
