RRPfinaldraft - 2011
... culture affected the rest of the Mediterranean. It was unlikely that such a weak nation as Rome could take Carthage, because to do so they would have to get past the Carthaginian naval force. The fleet of the Carthaginians that the Romans found themselves up against was one of the greatest ever know ...
... culture affected the rest of the Mediterranean. It was unlikely that such a weak nation as Rome could take Carthage, because to do so they would have to get past the Carthaginian naval force. The fleet of the Carthaginians that the Romans found themselves up against was one of the greatest ever know ...
The Raven - C3i Ops Center
... another fleet, under Hanno (later at Ecnomus) to chase off Sulpicius. Once the Carthaginian raids on Italy had ceased, Rome appears to have lost interest in Sardinia. A major Roman force would not return to Sardinia until a full two decades had passed and the First Punic War had ended. The Roman con ...
... another fleet, under Hanno (later at Ecnomus) to chase off Sulpicius. Once the Carthaginian raids on Italy had ceased, Rome appears to have lost interest in Sardinia. A major Roman force would not return to Sardinia until a full two decades had passed and the First Punic War had ended. The Roman con ...
The Weapon That Changed History
... Ronald Bockius, a curator at the Roman-Germanic Central Museum in Mainz. "The number of rams is an indication for me that these artifacts are related to a battle. The more that are found, the more clear it seems." Others scholars are less reserved. William Murray, an archaeologist at the University ...
... Ronald Bockius, a curator at the Roman-Germanic Central Museum in Mainz. "The number of rams is an indication for me that these artifacts are related to a battle. The more that are found, the more clear it seems." Others scholars are less reserved. William Murray, an archaeologist at the University ...
Reassessing Polybius on Naval Power in the First Punic
... lower Carthaginian losses. This paper argues that Polybius’ language after the battle indicates that the Carthaginians refit, rather than rebuilt their fleet, supporting the supposition that Carthaginian losses were less severe. In light of this correction, the lack of reports of aggressive shipbuil ...
... lower Carthaginian losses. This paper argues that Polybius’ language after the battle indicates that the Carthaginians refit, rather than rebuilt their fleet, supporting the supposition that Carthaginian losses were less severe. In light of this correction, the lack of reports of aggressive shipbuil ...
Roman Navy - Nathan Shepard
... body of water which their empire surrounded. They made practical ships, formed an inventive, effective strategy, and made some incredible naval history. In the Roman navy there were two classes of ships. First were the merchant ships. By definition, a Roman merchant ship was anything that could floa ...
... body of water which their empire surrounded. They made practical ships, formed an inventive, effective strategy, and made some incredible naval history. In the Roman navy there were two classes of ships. First were the merchant ships. By definition, a Roman merchant ship was anything that could floa ...
Hellenistic-era warships
From the 4th century BC on, new types of oared warships appeared in the Mediterranean Sea, superseding the trireme and transforming naval warfare. Ships became increasingly larger and heavier, including some of the largest wooden ships ever constructed. These developments were spearheaded in the Hellenistic Near East, but also to a large extent shared by the naval powers of the Western Mediterranean, more specifically Carthage and the Roman Republic. While the wealthy Successor kingdoms in the East built huge warships (""polyremes""), Carthage and Rome, in the intense naval antagonism during the Punic Wars, relied mostly on medium-sized vessels. At the same time, smaller naval powers employed an array of small and fast craft, which were also used by the ubiquitous pirates. Following the establishment of complete Roman hegemony in the Mediterranean after the battle of Actium, the nascent Roman Empire faced no major naval threats. In the 1st century AD, the larger warships were retained only as flagships, and were gradually supplanted by the light liburnians until, by Late Antiquity, the knowledge of their construction had been lost.