Roman navy

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The Roman navy was the maritime force of ancient Rome, crucial for securing Mediterranean trade routes, supporting military campaigns, and projecting Roman power across the seas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient navy
military branch of ancient Rome
commandStructure duumviri navales
magister navis
praefectus classis
praefectus classis Misenensis
linked to: praefectus classis

praefectus classis Ravennatis
country Roman Empire
Roman Republic
declinePeriod 4th century AD
late 3rd century AD
employed boarding tactics
corvus boarding device
ramming tactics
formedDuring First Punic War
garrisonedAt Alexandria
linked to: Alexandria, Egypt

Boulogne-sur-Mer
Carthage
Cologne
Cyrenaica
Ephesus
Forum Julii
Misenum
Ostia
Ravenna
hadUnit Classis Africana
Classis Alexandrina
Classis Britannica
Classis Flavia Augusta
Classis Germanica
Classis Misenensis
Classis Moesica
Classis Pannonica
Classis Pontica
Classis Ravennatis
Classis Syriaca
language Latin
legacy establishment of Roman maritime dominance
influence on later European naval organization
securing of Mediterranean trade network
operatedIn Adriatic Sea
Aegean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Black Sea
Danube River
linked to: Danube

English Channel
Mediterranean Sea
Nile River
linked to: Nile

Red Sea
Rhine River
linked to: Rhine

Tyrrhenian Sea
opposed Carthaginian navy
Mithridatic fleets
Ptolemaic navy
Seleucid navy
pirates of Cilicia
linked to: Barbary corsairs
partOf Roman military
peakPeriod 1st century AD
1st century BC
2nd century AD
recruitedFrom Italian allies
freedmen
non-citizen sailors
provincial populations
significantEvent Battle of Actium
Battle of Cape Ecnomus
Battle of Cape Hermaeum
Battle of Cape Mylae
linked to: Battle of Mylae

Battle of Drepanum
Battle of Ecnomus
Battle of Mylae
Battle of Naulochus
supported Roman conquest of Britain
Roman conquest of Carthage
Roman conquest of Egypt
Roman conquest of Greece
Roman conquest of Sicily
supply of frontier legions
usedFor amphibious warfare
anti-piracy operations
blockades
control of Mediterranean Sea
logistical support of land armies
naval battles
power projection
protection of maritime trade routes
troop transport
usedShipType liburnian
merchantman
quadrireme
quinquereme
transport ship
trireme

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Roman Republic militaryBranch Roman navy
Roman roads usedBy Roman military
linked to: Roman navy
Ionian Sea historicallyUsedBy Roman navy
Misenum militaryBranch Roman navy
Byzantine navy precededBy Roman imperial navy
linked to: Roman navy
Demetrias usedBy Roman navy
Pliny the Elder servedIn Roman navy
Pliny the Elder militaryCommand Roman fleet at Misenum
linked to: Roman navy
Classis Misenensis operatedBy Roman navy
Classis Misenensis partOf Imperial Roman navy
linked to: Roman navy
Classis Ravennatis operatedBy Roman navy
Classis Ravennatis partOf Roman navy of the Principate
linked to: Roman navy
Classis Britannica partOf Roman navy
Classis Germanica partOf Roman navy
Classis Alexandrina partOf Roman navy
Classis Syriaca partOf Roman navy
Classis Pontica partOf Roman navy
Classis Africana partOf Roman navy
Classis Moesica partOf Roman navy
Classis Pannonica partOf Roman navy
magister navis appliesTo Roman navy
duumviri navales appliesToJurisdiction Roman navy in the Republic
linked to: Roman navy
duumviri navales relatedTo Roman navy
Carthaginian navy engagedWith Roman navy
Battle of Naulochus hasParticipant Roman navy of Octavian
linked to: Roman navy
Battle of Cape Hermaeum opponent Roman navy
Sextus Pompeius militaryBranch Roman navy
Portus Julius usedBy Roman navy
subject linked to: Portus Julius naval base
Seleucid navy opposed Roman navy
Cape Misenum usedBy Roman navy
Rutupiae usedBy Roman navy
Macedonian navy rival Roman navy