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...

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...

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...

takeover by neighbouring barbarian peoples. Less is known about the Roman navy than the Roman army. Prior to the middle of the 3rd century BC, officials known...

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...

even Roman citizens, who were otherwise legally protected from corporal punishment by the Porcian laws. Centurions also served in the Roman navy. They...

elected to equip and repair the Roman navy. Equites singulares Augusti – Elite cavalry unit tasked to guard the Roman Emperors. Usually commanded by a...

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...

thermae or naval bases of the Roman navy. Estimated values Excavated parts Roman architecture Roman engineering Roman technology Döring 2002, pp. 310–319...

The Roman army (Latin: exercitus Romanus) was the armed forces deployed by the Romans throughout the duration of Ancient Rome, from the Roman Kingdom...

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...

trade, especially for the supply of grain, and as the main base of the Roman navy. It had a fundamental function during the Punic Wars, and after the final...

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...

capacity to carry them, navy warfare primarily involved ramming and boarding actions. In the time of ancient Greece and the Roman Empire, naval warfare...

The Roman legion (Latin: legiō, Latin: [ˈɫɛɡioː]), the largest military unit of the Roman army, was composed of Roman citizens serving as legionaries...

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...

agricultural estates, imperial palaces, thermae or naval bases of the Roman navy. Roman dam construction began in earnest in the early imperial period. For...

of the Roman auxilia may be summarised as follows: NOTE: Regular land forces only. Excludes citizen-militias, barbarian foederati, and Roman navy effectives...

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...

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...

By the size of the Roman army is meant the changes (increases and reductions) in the number of its contingents: legions, auxiliaries, Praetorian cohorts...

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...

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...

looks like a trident. Claims that this was the standard fibula of the Roman navy are unfounded. The use of plate fibulae continued in the 2nd century CE...

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...

population in the 1st and 2nd centuries). Such corps were: the auxilia; Roman navy, the Praetorian Guard's cavalry (equites singulares Augusti); and the...

Oplontis. The Roman navy (based at Misenum), commanded by Pliny the Elder, evacuates refugees. Pliny dies after inhaling volcanic fumes. Roman conquest of...

The Roman Empire ruled the Mediterranean and much of Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. The Romans conquered most of this during the Republic, and...

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...

honorifics praetoria and Pia Vindex, was the senior fleet of the imperial Roman navy. The Classis Misenensis was founded by Augustus in 27 BC, when the fleet...