I am writing to you in regard to the wonderful drawings of Roman ships that are featured in your articles. I produce video programming about Historical Christianity, with primary focus on the first century, CE. Our not for profit foundation produces this programming for use in churches and colleges. Our goal is to promote critical thinking about religion in general and Christianity in particular. In recent years, we have collaborated with the imminent scholar, Dr. John Dominic Crossan in the production of two educational series: 1. The Challenge of Jesus, 18, 15 – 18 minute episodes; and 2. The Challenge of Paul, a series in the same format.
Dr. Crossan’s historical Jesus and historical Paul work focuses on the fact that Christian origins emerged during the period when the Roman Empire was at it’s ascendency. Crossan insists that it is impossible to understand Christian history without beginning with fundamental awareness of the Roman program of religion, war, victory and peace. So, I am writing to inquire about usage of some of you sketches in our Challenge of Paul series. We do charge fees for the programs: roughly $15 per episode or $200 for the complete series complete with online study guides. We take no profits. All proceeds are plowed back into production budgets. Most of the images we use in production we acquire from Creative Commons and
individual images are attributed with Creative Commons licensing. Thank you for your consideration.

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I’m working on a historical novelette and came across your illustration of the Roman ship. would I be able to use it as an illustration for my book?

With a modern vessel it cannot be anchored when stationary; the anchor needs to be moving so that it ploughs into the sea bed. Perhaps the ancient stone anchors just depended on their weight, which would lead to many losses in stormy weather.

Until the advent of containers in modern shipping, the turnaround could be a week or more. Now it can be a few hours. I guess the Roman rate would have been nearer the former.