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More likely Carthaginian. The Romans put up a display of these as trophies after the war. The Carthaginians built their ships like putting together an IKEA kit. Once the Romans captured and dismantled one, found all the assembly code numbers written on them, they copied the pattern and built a matching fleet of their own. The first Punic War gained them Sicily and ended Carthage domination of the Med.

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Wow. Did Carthage but the first kit from Swedish Vikings? j/k

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Adder ~ A rostrum or beak.The Romans quickly adopted its use to claim Mediterranean supremacy.

katana ~ The Carthaginians built their ships like putting together an IKEA kit. Once the Romans captured and dismantled one, found all the assembly code numbers written on them, they copied the pattern and built a matching fleet of their own.

So wait, what?

Romans stole Carthage's intellectual property, made their own copies and took over the world?

Sorta like China is doing to us and the west now?

History does repeat...