Mine too 🐓

From #HistoryOfRome podcast by #MikeDuncan

020b- The First #PunicWar

“In the great litany of #Roman superstition, consulting with the sacred chickens has always been my personal favourite”

https://overcast.fm/+aLSXMuMLg/13:37

Also - it was only used in early Roman vessels - by the end of the first #PunicWar it was being replaced by the #harpax - harpoon/winch system.

#Polybius describes this device(the Corvus) as a bridge 1.2 m (4 ft) wide and 10.9 m (36 ft) long, with a small parapet on both sides. There was a heavy spike shaped like a bird's beak on the underside of the device, which was designed to pierce and anchor into an enemy ship's deck

#Roman #NavalWarfare #MilitaryHistory #PunicWar #Corvus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvus_(boarding_device)

Really enjoying this audiobook. Perkins is a great narrator and I always like Goldsworthy's writing.

The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265-146BC

I did not realize how important the development of the corvus was to overcoming Carthagenian naval superiority

#Roman #History#MilitaryHistory #PunicWar #Books #Audiobook

https://www.amazon.com/The-Fall-of-Carthage-audiobook/dp/B07KQFTLB8/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=