PREVIEW: Epochs #15 - Roman Naval Disasters in the First Punic War
Aug 15, 2021, 12:00 PM
Beau and Carl chat about the earliest Roman navies, dating from the first Punic War against Carthage in Sicily. Mainly following the accounts of Polybius, Beau and Carl discuss how and when the Romans first built warships, how they were employed against mighty Carthage, and the various setbacks they suffered.