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[Casmin]

That entire story in Polybios is slightly suspect though, as he tries to pretend Rome was completely new to the whole naval warfare thing at the start of the first Punic War, while this was patently not the case.

When did it actually start? I'd like to read more about this. I know that the "traditional" start of the navy was 311 B.C. but not much more.