The villain who trained his whole life vs The hero who built a fleet yesterday
Electrical_Kiwi_4179 on
It ceases to be a naval battle when the Romans drop the gangplanks down and walk onto your ships. Then it’s just a regular battle and the Roman legions were nothing if not a meat grinder.
Edit: autocorrect
Femto-Griffith on
The reason why the Romans lost so many ships to storms was because the corvus made ships unbalanced and easier to sink in rough seas. Less experienced mariners may have also been a factor.
The Romans were still able to rebuild their navies despite all this. It’s literally the “but it refused” kind of determination. Carthage didn’t have this and settled for peace. It didn’t help that Carthage’s armies were heavily dependent on mercenaries who ended up being unreliable. (Their navies had more of their own citizens, but still.)
Nogatron on
Also i might be mistaken but romans also decided that naval battles would be land battles on ships
rishin_1765 on
The Romans thought outside the box by turning naval battles into infantry battles using the corvus.
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The villain who trained his whole life vs The hero who built a fleet yesterday
It ceases to be a naval battle when the Romans drop the gangplanks down and walk onto your ships. Then it’s just a regular battle and the Roman legions were nothing if not a meat grinder.
Edit: autocorrect
The reason why the Romans lost so many ships to storms was because the corvus made ships unbalanced and easier to sink in rough seas. Less experienced mariners may have also been a factor.
The Romans were still able to rebuild their navies despite all this. It’s literally the “but it refused” kind of determination. Carthage didn’t have this and settled for peace. It didn’t help that Carthage’s armies were heavily dependent on mercenaries who ended up being unreliable. (Their navies had more of their own citizens, but still.)
Also i might be mistaken but romans also decided that naval battles would be land battles on ships
The Romans thought outside the box by turning naval battles into infantry battles using the corvus.
Carthage didn’t stand a chance.