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The First Punic War: Rome vs Carthage at Sea
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the First Punic War (264–241 BC), the epic conflict that turned Rome from a land power into a Mediterranean naval force. They dive into the war's origins over control of the Mamertines in Messana, the innovative Roman invention of the corvus (a boarding bridge), and the brutal naval battles at Mylae and the Egadi Islands. Lucas explains how the Roman Republic built a fleet from scratch, copying a captured Carthaginian quinquereme, and how the corvus allowed Roman soldiers to turn sea battles into land fights. The episode covers the massive loss of…
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