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Rome was able to build many warships and tools, thanks to a Carthaginian quinquereme that fell into their hands. Using the captured boat as a template, they built over 100 quinqueremes and 20 tiremes in only two months. Using these fast built boats, they rose to challenge the Carthaginian Navy. With the quantity of ships they owned, they quickly adapted to this new type of battle, therefore winning the First Punic Wars.
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200-100 BC
Following these tough periods, was a new hope, a new dictator, Julius Caesar, who rose to power at 60 BC. Now with the powerful armies Caesar had at his command, they were able to crush enemies on land. Sadly, that signaled the end of the Roman Navy. At the 4th Century BC, the Roman Navy no longer existed.
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After winning both first and second Punic Wars, the Roman now had one of the mightiest Naval Forces around the Mediterranean Sea. The Carthaginians were now just a minor irritation, and not important. Augustus, the founder of the roman empire and the first emperor made fleets on the coasts of Italy, Egypt, Syria, the Black Sea, the English Channel, Rhine and Danube rivers. There were no more threats, except for Greeks small Navy. In the Macedonian Wars, the crushed the Greeks with their iron fist, and the wars were all over.
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