[decimon]

Clew of the ram ping.

[camle]

and number 41 was missing from his oar...

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[Tallguy]

Didn’t the Romans utilize grappling & boarding tactics to defeat the ramming attacks of the Carthaginians? Takes a lot of training to do a successful ramming attack. OTOH, boarding made use of Rome’s best asset... infantry (Marine Infantry in this case).

[colorado tanker]

I believe this is about the Battle of the Aegates Islands, which was a decisive Roman victory that brought the First Punic War to a close. The Carthaginian fleet was burdened with supplies for their Army in Sicily, from which they intended to embark troops to fight the Roman shipboard troops, but the Romans intercepted them.