⚓ Carthage had the experienced navy. Rome had the infantry.

⚓ Carthage had the experienced navy. Rome had the infantry. The Corvus was an ingenious attempt to bring that land-fighting advantage onto the sea.

The ancient historian Polybius describes the boarding bridge and its iron spike; historians still debate exactly how decisive the device was.

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