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To: Tallguy

Didn’t the Romans utilize grappling & boarding tactics to defeat the ramming attacks of the Carthaginians?

I think they used a sort of claw to keep the ships engaged.

8 posted on 10/19/2010 12:08:34 PM PDT by decimon

To: decimon

I believe it was called a “Corvus”.

11 posted on 10/19/2010 2:12:47 PM PDT by BlueLancer (I'm getting a fine tootsy-frootsying right here...)

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