GRST 341 Lecture 5: GRST 341 Notes Lecture 5
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The first punic war (264 - 241 bce) Romans came up with a type of combat to ram their ships, to turn marine. Combat into a boarding combat on land on the ship. Romans will always memorialize themselves, compete with each other for the opportunities to lead their own armies. Uses war of terror to destroy the roman system of alliances. Due to loss of naval superiority, it starts collapsing. Huge indemnities rather than being to pay own armies of mercenaries. Rather than them being a threat and causing maritime war, they sent troops to take over these places. So that the sea can be stable and rome wouldn"t have to worry about. Suspected to think of ariminum as a threat. Force teuta to terms with the piracy and knock it off. Tetua tries to establish control of the sea. Enormous gallic army deep in roman territory by telamon. Gauls were boxed in and slaughtered by roman armies.
