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Explanation: A corvus is an ancient Roman naval boarding device of the kind shown, basically a bridge with a nail in it put on a warship. I think it's got some dark horse energy in this matchup, I'm betting on the corvus as the winner ๐
Yeah. The captain and the sailors would just laugh and underestimate it. "Let it get closer boys, don't shoot at it. Looks really cute, take some pictures before we sink this museum piece hahahaha".
Ram crashes down, rips into stored ammunition that blows half the ship apart, angry romans engage in brutal melee combat with confused and dazed marines.