कॉर्वुस इसके अंग्रेजी अर्थ का उदाहरण

Born in Buda, he took his name from the raven (Latin: corvus) in his father's escutcheon.

The Romans baffled the ramming tactics of the Carthaginians by the invention of the corvus, or crow, a plank with a spike for hooking onto enemy ships which grappled the prow of the rammer, and provided a gangway for boarders.

It is not certain whether the weight of the corvus destabilized Roman ships and led to whole fleets' being lost in storms.

The Romans did continue their boarding tactics in the naval battles of the Punic Wars, but are also reported as ramming the Carthaginian vessels after the abandonment of the corvus.

An older and alternative way for boarding was the use of grappling hooks and planks, also a more flexible system than the corvus.

Agrippa introduced a weapon with a function similar to the corvus, the harpax.