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Pax Romana Art
Corvus, Rome's Boarding Bridge
Mylae, Sicily · 260 BC
1.012 kr1.352 kr
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- Printed in the USA. Made to order and shipped in the USA.
- Free US shipping. Tracking included on every order.
- Shatterproof plexiglass. Framed prints sit in a pine frame, FSC-certified, and arrive ready to hang.
- Magnetic wooden hanger. Posters come with a pine hanger; the magnets hold the print.
- Arrives perfect — guaranteed. Damaged or defective? Free reprint or refund.
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Framed print
- 12-color fine art printing with fade-resistant pigment inks
- Smooth matte fine art paper, 200 gsm
- Pine wood frame, FSC-certified paper and wood
- Shatterproof plexiglass
- Arrives framed and ready to hang, hanging kit included
Hanging print
- 12-color fine art printing with fade-resistant pigment inks
- Smooth matte fine art paper, 200 gsm
- Pine wood frame, FSC-certified paper and wood
- Shatterproof plexiglass
- Arrives framed and ready to hang, hanging kit included
- Sizes: 18x12″ · 24x16″ · 36x24″
- Orientation: Horizontal
- Medium: Fine art paper
- Style: Military plate
- Era: Punic Wars
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Made to order and printed and framed in the USA. Produced in 1–2 business days, delivered 2–5 business days after that — 3–7 business days door to door. Free US shipping, tracked.
Damaged, defective or the wrong item? Email a photo within 7 days of delivery and we send a free replacement or a full refund. Because every piece is made to order, change-of-mind returns are not accepted.
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Corvus, Rome's Boarding BridgeFramed print · Black · 24x16″
1.012 kr
1.352 krSave 340 kr
Mylae, Sicily · 260 BC
The Raven That Won at Sea
In the First Punic War Rome had to fight Carthage, the great naval power of the western Mediterranean, at sea. Polybius, in Book I of his Histories, says the Romans had never before given a thought to the sea. Their new ships were heavy and their crews untrained, so someone proposed a device that would turn a sea fight into a land fight. It was called the corvus, the raven, probably for the beak-like spike at its tip.
Polybius describes it closely. On the prow stood a round pole about 24 feet high. Around it fitted a gangway 36 feet long and four feet wide, with an oblong slot near one end so that it could be swung to either side. A rope through a pulley at the top of the pole held it up. When an enemy ship came close, the crew let it fall; the iron spike drove into the enemy's deck, and soldiers crossed, protected by the rails. At Mylae, off the northern coast of Sicily, in 260 BC, the consul Gaius Duilius used it to rout a Carthaginian fleet that had expected an easy victory. Ancient writers do not mention it after the 250s BC, and modern historians suspect its weight made ships unsafe in heavy seas.
The piece
The plate is drawn like an engineer's sheet in white on blue. The large side view shows the bow, the ram at the waterline, and the raised gangway with a dashed arc tracing its fall onto the enemy deck. At right, a smaller panel shows the gangway from above, with the spike and the slot that turned around the pole.
Materia · The materials
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Fine art paper
Framed prints: 200 gsm smooth matte paper, printed in 12 colors with fade-resistant pigment inks.
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Shatterproof plexiglass
Protects the print in transit and on the wall.
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Magnetic wooden hanger
Posters: 250 gsm museum-quality matte paper between pine hangers in black or dark wood. The magnets hold the print, so you can swap it any time.
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