Roman Naval Tactics: Corvus

Watch this #shorts video to learn about a fascinating Roman military tactic called Corvus. Discover how this tactic revolutionized naval warfare in ancient Rome! #romanhistory #naval #military #tactical

[@titusbaum9690]

Romans weren't good at sea, but they had great heavy infantry. Solution? Make everything an infantry battle.

[@justinbieber8028]

Honestly such a weirdly brilliant solution

[@nostro1940]

Until they find horse archers

[@oskaraskasala8138]

​​@@nostro1940then they create heavy cavalry (Roman empire) and later heavy horse archers (eastern Roman empire) of their own

[@Oh-God-Of-All-Creation]

😂😂😂 heavy infantry is basically sitting ducks for horsearchers ​@@nostro1940

[@monkeydog8681]

​@@oskaraskasala8138 The Romans merely adapted. Steppe nomads we're born on a horse.

[@luanasari5161]

Carthaginians mad coping right now

[@buzter8135]

Damn bro, their civilization died, leave the poor guys alone.

[@mokarokas-1727]

Can't wait for the flood (pardon the pun) of Carthaginian bot comments trying to offset the idea that men think about the Roman Empire daily.

[@alexiel4406]

Mad salty you mean

[@buzter8135]

Such an absurd idea, yet it worked wonders for them.

[@mokarokas-1727]

Except for the part where historians aren't sure if it's even real.

[@kayeka4123]

For a hot minute. The Carthaginians quickly adapted once they figured out the trick, at which point it was just a hindrance. Assuming it actually was a thing at all.

[@Raldazzar2]

@@mokarokas-1727 So we can't speculate and enjoy? have a day off dr dickhead.

[@Dell-ol6hb]

well yea until you figured out what they're trying to do and then it's pretty easy to work around, and it might've not even been real

[@WarCriminal21]

I am not a historian but I believe that the Carthaginians probably had a counter against the Roman Corvus but Carthage was demolished in the 3rd Punic War so maybe their history was destroyed aswell. 🤔

[@AmaZonia0607]

Sea battle turned into a land battle.What a genius!

[@martintodd9944]

Romans had great engineering skills, sure they could fold it for storage, so it didn't upset the ship

[@fireiceuk9221]

Just remove the spike and put it on the deck.
I'm not 100% convinced that it would compromise stability either, it would have been a matter of adding ballast to lower the center of gravity back down again.

[@smarterthanthou1953]

As a former sailor in the Navy who spent time in the Mediterranean, there are storms, but for the most part the Med is a very calm and temperate sea, I can see the romans using the bridging contraption in some scenarios.

[@TurkicAtheist805]

This channel is a gem for history curiousers

[@Gen.berseker25]

Video idea: The Ancient Roman navy!

[@KingsandGenerals]

there is a video on that made 3-4 years ago

[@dwarfie24]

I hear the Corvus on its of days, also can turn into a bunch of crows and hunt down heretics in the warp.

[@Thecrownswill]

I will say, a Cold War era guided missile would be an extremely effective weapon against ancient ships.

[@peshka96024]

mad thing, imagine heading straight to the enemy on a ship, while there is storm around. ptsd was crazy. no wonder people were so cruel. imagine that now.

[@mokarokas-1727]

Honestly I think a modern war trench would be even worse, not to mention early 1900's ones. Plenty of Ukrainians etc. with equally crazy PTSD now.

[@chamberlane2899]

@@mokarokas-1727it’s a bit of a tradeoff insofar as what ptsd you got. On the one hand, you probably weren’t going to get that gradual wearing away at your sanity that accompanies months of trench fighting, on the other hand, anytime you went to kill someone it was going to be up close and personal. And if there’s one thing I’ve consistently heard from all the veterans I’ve listened to, there are few things more traumatizing as having to kill someone face to face.

[@LeoFernandezInfante]

Your channel is great. Love your videos! Detailed, concise, well documented info. Would you recommend any good book on naval technology evolution? Thanks! ❤

[@k.n7849]

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[@Tuulos]

Have you tried using Shazam?

[@k.n7849]

@@Tuulos yes. No result :(

[@Predator20357]

The Corvus seem to have been invented as a temporary solution to the problem of “Romans can’t Navy” for the First Punic War. It’s probably also why the Romans lost so many to storms during the First Punic War and was so quickly replaced.

[@bigsarge2085]

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[@omarsaeznavarrete9253]

Ok, because at the school in the 70s and 80s, I used to say it was standard in the roman navy...ok, good info..I was always wondering..

[@MikeLuzawski]

Carthaginians being salty about this

[@danielcardona2714]

Haters will say it was fake

[@thomasdaywalt7735]

Harpoon copyright agrripa

[@xd-ov2ts]

If it works don't fix it

[@Mr.KaganbYaltrk]

Romans copy and improve things and won the battles

[@HistoryHaty]

It’s sounds like a good weapon, but it’s not.

[@thinkordie7292]

Can't walk away from a boat ride. You also can't turn maritime warfare into a street fight.🫡