• PugJesus@piefed.socialOPM
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    5 days ago

    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.