Explanation: In the First Punic War, the Romans started the war without a navy or any naval experience. So they found a Carthaginian ("Punic") shipwreck, copied it 100 times, and voila! Instant navy!
... they lost that fleet.
So they built another!
... they lost that fleet too.
So they built ANOTHER!
They may also have lost that, or a related fleet.
Somehow, inexplicably, they managed to win the First Punic War anyway.
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PugJesus@piefed.social · 21 pts · 91d
Explanation: In the First Punic War, the Romans started the war without a navy or any naval experience. So they found a Carthaginian ("Punic") shipwreck, copied it 100 times, and voila! Instant navy!
... they lost that fleet.
So they built another!
... they lost that fleet too.
So they built ANOTHER!
They may also have lost that, or a related fleet.
Somehow, inexplicably, they managed to win the First Punic War anyway.
Stubbornness is a hell of an advantage.
rslogix89@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 90d
Mr_Fish@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 90d
They won by changing naval combat from rams to boarding, which they were very good at with their heavy infantry
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 90d
PugJesus@piefed.social · 4 pts · 90d
lmao, fixed the typo
Spacehooks@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 90d
The we got more bodies than you have arrows plan. Always works.
diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 90d
You tell me my towers have fallen. On this. The day that I read picture books to children?