260 BCE
Battle of Mylae: Rome's fleet wins at sea
In 260 BCE the consul Gaius Duilius defeats a Carthaginian fleet off Sicily, using the corvus, a boarding bridge fitted to Roman ships, to turn naval battles into infantry fights.
260 BCE
In 260 BCE the consul Gaius Duilius defeats a Carthaginian fleet off Sicily, using the corvus, a boarding bridge fitted to Roman ships, to turn naval battles into infantry fights.