• of the First Punic War, the Roman navy was massively expanded and played a vital role in the Roman victory and the Roman Republic's eventual ascension...
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  • Ancient navies had a large impact on the navies of today. The outcomes of battles between ancient navies have been studied by the military to learn tactics...
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    The Byzantine navy was the naval force of the Byzantine Empire. Like the state it served, it was a direct continuation from its Roman predecessor, but...
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    century BC, the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC), Roman Republic (509–27 BC), Roman Empire (27 BC– 395 AD), and the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the...
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    from those of the merchant navy. The crown, corona rostrata, was proposed in 1939 as a conjectural link to the Roman navy by Admiral Domenico Cavagnari...
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    Centurion (redirect from Roman Centurion)
    punishment by the Porcian Laws.[citation needed] Centurions also served in the Roman navy. They were professional officers, analogous to modern NCOs in terms of...
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  • elected to equip and repair the Roman navy. Equites singulares Augusti – Elite cavalry unit tasked to guard the Roman Emperors. Usually commanded by a...
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    The Roman army (Latin: exercitus Romanus) was the armed forces deployed by the Romans throughout the duration of Ancient Rome, from the Roman Kingdom...
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  • By the size of the Roman army is meant the changes (increases and reductions) in the number of its contingents: legions, auxiliaries, Praetorian cohorts...
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  • highest level of structure, the forces were split into the Roman army and the Roman navy, although these two branches were less distinct than in many...
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  • The Roman legion (Latin: legiō, Latin: [ˈɫɛɡioː]), the largest military unit of the Roman army, was composed of Roman citizens serving as legionaries...
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    thermae or naval bases of the Roman navy. Estimated values Excavated parts Roman architecture Roman engineering Roman technology Döring 2002, pp. 310–319...
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    Roman Britain was the territory that became the Roman province of Britannia after the Roman conquest of Britain, consisting of a large part of the island...
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    agricultural estates, imperial palaces, thermae or naval bases of the Roman navy. Roman dam construction began in earnest in the early imperial period. For...
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    capacity to carry them, navy warfare primarily involved ramming and boarding actions. In the time of ancient Greece and the Roman Empire, naval warfare...
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  • Structural history of the Roman military The branches of the Roman military at the highest level were the Roman army and the Roman navy. Within these branches...
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    Dromon (category Byzantine navy)
    was developed from the ancient liburnian, which was the mainstay of the Roman navy during the Empire. Middle English dromond and Old French dromont are derived...
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    the provincial army, comprising the Roman legions and the auxiliaries provided by the provinces (auxilia); the navy. Through his military reforms, which...
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    The Islamic Republic of Iran Navy or Iranian Navy (IRIN; Persian: نیروی دریایی ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران, romanized: Niru-yē Dəryâ'i-yē Ərtēš-ē Žomhuri-yē...
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    Auxilia (redirect from Roman auxiliaries)
    of the Roman auxilia may be summarised as follows: NOTE: Regular land forces only. Excludes citizen-militias, barbarian foederati, and Roman navy effectives...
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    The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN; Persian: نیروی دریایی سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, romanized: niru-ye daryâyi-e sepâh-e pâsdârân-e...
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    other tribes who dwelt on both sides of the Elbe are subjugated. 5, The Roman navy reaches the Cimbrian peninsula for the first time. Cimbri, Charudes, Semnones...
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    Ships of ancient Rome (category Ancient Roman ships)
    Roman navy. Originally, the liburna was similar to the ancient Greek penteconter. It had one bench with 25 oars on each side, while in the late Roman...
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  • transportation, although this was to a great extent carried out by the Roman navy due to the ease and low costs of transporting goods via sea and river...
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    distances. The Roman ships used would have been easy prey for pirates had it not been for the fleets of liburna galleys and triremes of the Roman navy.[citation...
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    video games. Dragon beard hook Grapple (tool) Kaginawa Line thrower "The Roman Navy and the Grappling Hook". Patent Pending. Retrieved 14 September 2019....
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    AD 79 (section Roman Empire)
    Oplontis. The Roman navy (based at Misenum), commanded by Pliny the Elder, evacuates refugees. Pliny dies after inhaling volcanic fumes. Roman conquest of...
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  • Liburna (category Navy of ancient Rome)
    Liburnians, a pirate tribe from Dalmatia, it later became a staple of the Roman navy. A stone tablet (Stele di Novilara) discovered near ancient Pisaurum (now...
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  • (Greece) Roman navy Byzantine navy (Eastern Roman Empire) Fatimid navy Ottoman Navy (Turkey) History of the Royal Navy History of the French Navy History...
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    The Indian Navy is the maritime branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy. The Chief of Naval...
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