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Enemy ships approached, so Rome lashed its transports together.
During the siege of Utica in today's Tunisia, Roman forces learned that a Carthaginian fleet was coming. They tied their ships into a single formation, with transports in front and war galleys behind. Carthage captured 60 transports, but the Roman warships and most transports survived.
A fleet that could not scatter became hard to break.
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