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The Romans established a navy with the new tactics of boarding rather than ramming, and so captured Phoenician ships in battle. The corvus (raven beak) boarding plank had a spike which both locked the ships together and allowed the Roman infantry to board and capture. This was adopted because the Romans, who did not have a navy to speak of at the beginning of the First Punic War, built a fleet from scratch. The Roman sailors did not have enough experience to perform the complicated manoeuvre required to ram the enemy ships. The corvus made up for this and brought success in battle. However, it had the drawback of making the ships top heavy. Many ships sank in storms and the Romans lost thousands of lives. The corvus was dropped in the last battle of the war and the Roman fleet won. The Roman navy had come of age. The corvus was never used again. The Roman navy improved so much that in the Second Punic War, the Roman navy was superior to the Carthaginian one even without the corvus.
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How did the Romans defeat Carthage in the the first punic war?
By establishing a navy equal to Carthage's and developing superior tactics.
How did Rome acquire a navy?
Ancient Rome was forced to build a navy as it battled the powerful city -state of Carthage. Carthage had a well developed merchant fleet and a navy to protect it. In order to compete with Carthage, the Romans began to build navies in order to transport its soldiers and to battle the fleet of Carthage.
How did the Romans build a strong navy?
Rome got its first navy by attacking Carthage and starting a great war
Who had the best navy in the Mediterranean in the 3rd country BC?
Carthage, until the Romans built on to match, and defeated it.
How did the Romans build the strong navy?
The navy was instrumental in the Roman conquest of the Mediterranean basin. The navy was also key in defending against barbarian invasions.
The Romans were able to form a strong navy during the first Punic War by building ships based on Carthage's ships The Romans were able to build better ships because they added what?
The Romans made their ship just a bit better by adding a corvus . The corvus was a drawbridge type structure that enabled the Romans to march aboard a Carthaginian ship and battle man to man. This put the Romans' strong army to good use and gave the Romans an edge, which allowed them to win the first Punic War.It's a corvus.
What did Rome gain in the second punic war?
Control over the navy of Carthage, and control the trade of carthage. And Carthage lost lots of money to Rome.
How did the romans win the punic wars?
In the first war, a land power, they developed a navy to matche the Carthaginian one. In the second war, after being on the defensive with Carthage invading Italy, they turned the tables and invaded Carthage, mobilising the north Africans on their side, and defeated them there. In the third war they captured carthage and ended the problem by razing the city and selling its people into slavery.
What would you say about the army and navy of Carthage?
The navy was the most powerful in the Mediterranean until landbound Rome built up a competitive one. Its army was made up of mercenaries - the infantry was not of the quality of the Romans, but it had a strong cavalry advantage, and could be replenished by hiring more troops from North Africa and Spain.
How did the Punic Wars affect the mindset of the Romans?
During the First Punic War the Romans, who hardly had a navy to speak of, built a fleet which matched the mighty navy of the Carthaginians in size, but not in skills. By the end of the war they had gained enough experience to match the skills of the Carthaginians. Moreover, a result of the war, Rome gained the territories of the Carthaginians in western Sicily and the Greek city of Syracuse, the main power in the east and south of the island, and a major naval force, was her ally. Soon after the war Rome seized the islands of Corsica and Sardinia from Carthage. The Romans developed a maritime outlook they did not have before. During the Second Punic War the Roman fleet demonstrated that it was superior to that of Carthage and that it was the master of the waves in the western Mediterranean. The result of the Second Punic War was that the Romans developed a deep hatred and suspiciousness towards Carthage. The hatred was because Hannibal had ravaged and devastated large areas of Italy and caused massive amounts of causalities among the Romans and their Italian allies. There were suspicions about Carthage trying to become a big military power again and a renewed threat to Rome. The aim of the Third Punic War was was to destroy Carthage because this is what the war part wanted (not all Romans wanted this). Cato the Elder ended every speech in the senate by saying ""Furthermore I consider that Carthage must be destroyed." Some aristocrats regretted the end of the Second Punic War because they through that the war had awakened the Romans from their slumber and rekindled their hardiness and tenacious fighting spirit.
What advantage did the navy of Carthage have in the manner their war ships were built?
They had rams on the front. The Romans reacted by drawing alongside and dropping a beaked landing platform (harpax) onto its opponent and boarding with heavy infantry against lightly equipped marines.
What kind of warships did the navy of Carthage use to dominate the Mediterranean Sea?
Sailing galleys.
