Ancient Rome had a strong well disciplined land army, its legions were a force to be reckoned with. What Rome lacked was the ability to move its troops to places where it could establish a land military stance from which to fight the armies of Carthage. Commercial shipping and in fact most shipping in the Western Mediterranean Sea was controlled by Carthage’s advanced naval fleets.
The goal then was to build a naval fleet from scratch. In a war with immense pressure from Carthage, building a naval fleet from almost nothing was something Rome had to create and it did so, not without losses and time.
The goal then was to build a naval fleet from scratch. In a war with immense pressure from Carthage, building a naval fleet from almost nothing was something Rome had to create and it did so, not without losses and time.
