Corvus: A Review of the Design and Use of the Roman Boarding Bridge During the First Punic War 264 -241 B.c.An analysis and review of the design of the roman boarding bridge as used by Roman fleets during the First Punic War 264-241 B.C. Based on historical sources and modern research into the corvus, this study resurrects thinking on the viability of the boarding bridge and reasseses Roman tactics and successes during their first encounter with naval warfare. |
Contents
ABSTRACT | 1 |
ROMAN NAVAL ACTION DURING | 14 |
RECONSTRUCTIONS OF | 90 |
THE SUPPOSED ABOLITION | 123 |
FLEET POLICY AND FLEET | 147 |
MARINES | 166 |
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