In 240 BC, king Hiero of Syracuse ordered his chief engineer and inventor to complete a nearly impossible task: Build the Syracusia.
The Syracusia was the Titanic of its day. A ship so large, so pompous, so loaded with amenities, it would be a floating palace in the sea.
It would have a catapult capable of firing 180-pound-rocks on its bow and eight massive watchtowers atop the deck, which…
