We can also say that the city of Rome was already very powerful at this time. After all, it had obtained more resources and even slaves. So the Romans were trying to re-plan the world in their own way. After more than ten years of development

, in 264 BC, a serious dispute broke out between two small city-states on the island of Sicily, Syracuse and Messina, which had been controlled by the Romans.

At this time, the Romans had a relatively large area, or control area, so they were sometimes unable to manage this place. However, this place was rich in products and was one of the most important resources of the city of Rome, so the Romans immediately sent

The army came to Sicily.

However, the Carthaginians, who are the descendants of the Phoenicians, are also what the Romans call the Punics. The Punics and the Romans have always had disputes over control of Sicily, but the Roman legions are stronger.

So the Punic people often had no choice but to do it. But it is different now. Because there was a serious dispute between two small city-states in Sicily, the Punic people decided to help these two small city-states and then united to defeat Rome.

people!

It is not difficult to see from this that the Punic calculations were actually quite good. Unfortunately, both the Punic and the two small city-states in Sicily underestimated the fighting power of the Romans.

First, there was a fight between two small city-states, with dead bodies everywhere! And the Punic people joined in. We can also understand that this was the Punic interference in the interests of the Romans, so after the Roman legions got off the ship, it was the same as the Punic people.

Hidden people launched a life and death battle!

This battle seems a bit strange, because after the arrival of the Romans, the two small city-states on the island of Sicily no longer fought each other, but watched the Romans and Punic people fight! Perhaps between the two small city-states on the island of Sicily,

He also understood that the Punics and the Romans were actually competing for them.

Although the Punic people did underestimate the super powerful fighting power of the Romans, the Punic people won with numbers. The Romans needed sea transportation, so there were not many troops coming. But even so, the Romans still dealt a heavy blow

The Punic people were killed, the smell of blood on the battlefield was overwhelming, the corpses of Punic people were everywhere, and many Romans also died. In the end, this led to the Romans occupying most of the wealthy Sicily, while the Punic people

They only occupied a small part. Although the Punic people were large in number, no matter how large they were, they couldn't really start a bloody battle with the Romans. They would be driven out and killed.

Therefore, these various factors caused the Punic people to bow their heads for the time being. Anyway, the Punic people now believe that they still control a small and wealthy part of the island of Sicily. In short, they still have resources. If there is another conflict with the Roman legions, it will be even bigger.

conflict, the consequences would be simply unimaginable, because the Romans would most likely continue to send troops over.

It is precisely these circumstances, coupled with the fact that the Romans did not only attack this one place, but also many other places or city-states, which indirectly led to the dispersion of the Roman legion's strength, which was not very concentrated. Otherwise,

There is no such thing as a Punic.

But it is precisely because the Romans had too many and frequent foreign wars. What is even more outrageous is that the Romans' foreign wars did not focus on one place first, but also attacked many places separately. We just talked about the comparison of Rome's military strength.

Scattered. However, as the city of Rome grew larger and larger, its population became more and more numerous, and the number of armies would also increase dramatically. Then the resources needed could be said to have doubled.

So two years later, in 262 BC, the top leaders of Rome dispatched troops to Sicily and directly maimed, killed, and disabled all the Punic people! Anyway, the scene was extremely bloody and cruel.

The land combat capabilities of the Punic were not at the same level as the Romans, so the Punic eventually lost Sicily.

However, although the Punic land warfare is not ideal and they are not at the same level as the Romans, we have talked about the Punic people several times before. They are descendants of the Phoenicians, which shows the Punic shipbuilding technology.

Even the navigation technology must be very superb, so the Punics indirectly used this advantage to control some important ports along the coast of Sicily.

This made the Romans very angry! However, the Romans only fought crazily on land, and were not very good at naval battles. This is why the Romans joined forces with the Punics to attack Athens in Greece.

People, because the Athenians were very good at sea battles. If they didn't go ashore, the Romans couldn't do anything to them. Only then did the Romans unite with the Punic people, because the Punic people could make excellent ships and had very powerful navigation skills.

Naval warfare strategy.

But we only need to understand that these Punics now control some important seaports and even some fortresses along the coast of Sicily, which will definitely make the Romans very angry!

And the Romans are not to be said to be a group of absolute and very pure bandits in a pure sense. In fact, since the city of Rome was built, more people have lived and multiplied in the city for many years. Another Roman city has implemented the "Twelve

After the democratic law of the "Law of Bronze Tables", we can no longer call Rome the city of Rome, we can say that this is the Roman Empire!

As we have said before, the top leaders of the Roman Empire were not entirely lazy aristocrats or members of the Senate, because now the military commanders and even the consuls at the top levels of the Roman Empire were selected from Roman civilians.

People can be said to be pure war elements, which indirectly led to these people being very angry! Then they implemented revolutionary modifications to the current Roman ships. Of course, this modification was used to fight the Punics.

Roman ships were already relatively sophisticated, but when it came to large warships, they were still not qualified. They were incomparable to those of Persia. But after the Romans went through very revolutionary transformations, the Corvus and the Tower appeared!

The Corvus invented by the Romans was actually a virtual ladder-like object installed on the bow of the ship. We can imagine that this is a long wooden board that allows people to pass, and there are guardrails on both sides, and there is a very sharp pole at the other end of the board.

A big nail! What is this used for? In fact, it is very simple. The Romans wanted to install this kind of thing on the ship, and then when approaching the enemy ship, they would directly put the Corvus on the opponent's ship. The very sharp nails would

It can pierce the opponent's ship, and then connect the two ships. In this way, the Romans can go to the enemy ship through Corvus to kill the enemy! Bloody fight! This will definitely be beneficial to the Romans.

The other one is the tower! What is a tower? In fact, this tower is held up by two warships side by side. It is an attack tower! The buoyancy of the two warships supports an attack tower, and then soldiers stand on top of the attack tower to take advantage of it.

Crossbow shooting! Of course it can shoot rockets, and the tower is very high, so the attack range is increased.

Do we all understand this? In fact, the Romans are now bent on completely annihilating the Punic people at sea. Although the Romans are too powerful in land warfare, naval warfare has never been ideal. But now with these maritime equipment, Rome

The people tried to fight the Punic people on the sea to the death.

The Punic people currently rely on their powerful navy to blockade Sicily and the Italian Peninsula. However, in 261 BC, Rome established a navy with 120 large warships. In BC

In 260, Rome tried to capture Messana with its still immature navy. As a result, the Romans, who had low combat effectiveness at sea, failed! This made the Romans realize that they would not be able to defeat the navy without improvements in tactics.

The Punics were better trained, had better mobility and combat experience than their own.

So the Romans took out the previous concept and must use their Roman power on land! This is the Corvus constellation and tower in the previous concept!

Now the Romans had improved almost all their ships, and this process took many years. Over the past few years, the Punics had been plundering Sicily's particularly rich resources.

But in 256 BC, the Roman legion's ships were completely improved, and a huge army of about 50,000 people and 330 warships was sent to attack the Punic people! And this Corvus

Heta was unexpected by the Punic people, so they suffered heavy casualties! Because being captured by Corvus, the Romans had a concept of fighting on land and boarding the enemy's ship. This was very scary.

However, although the Punic people were instantly knocked over by the Roman fleet, they were not willing to admit defeat. After all, the resources on Sicily were too rich, and the Punic people also believed in their own experience in shipbuilding and even navigation and naval warfare.

technology, so the Punic sent a larger fleet to attack the Roman warships at Cape Economus.

But when the Punic and Romans started a naval battle again, the Roman Corvus showed great power, and the Punic suffered heavy losses in an instant! In fact, this is not difficult to imagine, turning the naval battle into a

Land warfare, this will definitely be beneficial to the Romans. The Romans were a group of absolute lunatics in land warfare. How could the Punic navy be able to fight it?

Although the Punic navy was indeed taught a lesson by the Roman navy this time, and even the Punic navy was almost annihilated, the Romans indirectly challenged the power of the army because of their large navy.

It was reduced to a certain extent, so the Roman army suffered a disastrous defeat in the land battle, and still lost to the Punics!
Chapter completed!