

The cothon was an integral part of the Phoenician dominance of the Mediterranean. The ancient writer Appian describes the Carthaginian military harbor as ringed by Ionic columns, “giving it the appearance of a continuous portico to both the harbor and the island.” The outer ring of the military harbor would have contained slipways for ships, as well as naval stores and material for the repair and construction of new ships. The inner harbor had an artificial island at the center for the commanding admiral.

The inner, military harbor, was a protected and secure facility to build, repair, and outfit the Phoenician naval vessels for war. The exception is the endless run, in which you can reroll the. Base technologies are available based on your council, each giving you a set of technologies based on your sector seed.
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See also the Science page to find out how to research these technologies. Each night, the mouth of the harbor would have been secured with an iron chain for security. This page lists all technologies in Slipways. Therefore, for dry-docking large ships, one must use carriages supported by wheels or by roller-pallets. Pulling large ships against the greased ramp would require too much force. You can help to expand this page by adding an image or additional information. Slipways are used to launch (newly built) large ships, but can only dry-dock or repair smaller ships. The outer harbor's quays would have been busy places, and the cothon at Carthage was reputedly capable of supporting hundreds of ships at a time. Slipways - PCGamingWiki PCGW - bugs, fixes, crashes, mods, guides and improvements for every PC game Slipways From PCGamingWiki, the wiki about fixing PC games This page is a stub: it lacks content and/or basic article components. The cothon consisted of two sections: A long, rectangular outer harbor for merchant traffic, which led to a circular inner harbor for warships. The best-known example may have been the one at Carthage. There are surviving examples of these today in Sicily, Tunisia, and Cyprus. The word “cothon” is Greek for “drinking vessel,” and describes the circular shape of the artificial harbors created by the Phoenicians. For small formatting suggestions, please contact a content moderator or an administrator. This page is a direct copy of the in-game Civilopedia entry written by the developers.
