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Pinnock’s Improved Edition of Dr. Goldsmith’s History of Rome

CHAPTER VII
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Some vessels had turrets erected in them for soldiers and warlike engines; others had sharp prows covered with brass, for the purpose of dashing against and sinking their enemies.
22.

The naval tactics of the ancients were very simple; the ships closed very early, and the battle became a contest between single vessels.

It was on this account that the personal valour of the Romans proved more than a match for the naval skill of the Carthaginians, and enabled them to, add the empire of the sea to that of the land.
23.

Before concluding this chapter, we must notice the triumphal processions granted to victorious commanders.

Of these there are two kinds; the lesser triumph, called an ovation,[2] and the greater, called, emphatically, the triumph.


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