User blog comment:Hermione Chase/"The Blood of Olympus" Expectations/@comment-25575531-20140730224045/@comment-25277802-20140904193108

To Kronos300: Romans aren't fond of Poseidon/Neptune because they weren't great sailors and preferred land battles, for example in order to fight with other ships they dragged the enemy ship towards them and stuck each other together with a plank which had a spike on the end so then it would basically be a battle on the 'ground'. As with conquering other countries, if you look at a Roman Empire map you can see that the military pretty much stuck to land routes. Hope that answers your question! (Also Hazel explains it to Percy when he arrives at Camp Jupiter and sees Neptune's shrine if I remember correctly)