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Corvus (boarding device)

The corvus (Latin for "crow" or "raven") was a Roman ship-mounted boarding ramp or drawbridge for naval boarding, first introduced during the First Punic War in sea battles against Carthage. It could swivel from side to side and was equipped with a beak-like iron hook at the far end of the bridge, from which the name is figuratively derived, intended to…

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corvus roman naval bridge war bce boarding first sea device romans punic history ft rome ships used mast end fleet

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