If sailors abused the helmsman or the sick the doctor, would they listen to anybody else; or how could the helmsman secure the safety of those in the ship or the doctor the health of those whom he attends? Marcus Aurelius. Meditations. Book 6.
Image: Relief from a monument near the Roman naval base at Misenum. At the stern of the ship, the pausarius is keeping the rowers in time with a drum. The larger man facing the rowers is possibly the trierarch, the ship's captain. End of 1st century BCE. (Museo dei Campi Flegrei, Naples, Italy, on display at the National Maritime Museum, Sydney) courtesy of the World History Encyclopedia (formerly the Ancient History Encyclopedia). (CC BY NC SA)
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