Aquila:Rhine River Patrol - A Meeting
A Meeting---
The Principia (headquarters for the Shipyard and Classis Germania sat on the bald crown of a second hill which overlooked the shipyard and also provided a long distance view of the long stretch of the Fluvius Rhinus as it emerged from the presently leaf-denuded forest upriver, and then to the view to the west where it finally disappeared into the muddy reed-choked delta area far downriver. Beyond the delta in the far distance a sliver of blue water could be seen in the early spring dawn against the dark bowl of the sky to the westward. The bright blue of the open sea, in contrast to the muddy brown of the Rhinus served to reassure Marcus Vindex of the presence of the Mare Germanicus far downriver. Somehow such an asurance was comforting to him. Marcus was used to the open ocean, and still felt crowded by the banks of the Rhinus, even as broad as the river was.
