海上争霸,争夺制海权,是古代地中海文明交往的主要形式之一。纵然没有像希腊、迦太基等那样先天而优良的海上事业发展的基础和条件,罗马还是突破了意大利半岛的局限,走向了地中海外的广阔领域。罗马海上力量在并不优良的基础上迅速崛起,深层次的原因包括多方面。罗马海上事业的发展,除了海战这一重要内容外,航海业对罗马社会产生了深远影响。 Sea hegemony, competition for sea power is one of the main forms of ancient Mediterranean civilization. Even without the foundation and conditions of the natural and excellent maritime development such as Greece and Carthaginian, Rome broke through the limitations of the Italian Peninsula to a vast area outside of the Mediterranean. The strength of the Roman naval power rose rapidly on a not-good basis. There are many reasons for this in-depthness. In addition to the important part of naval warfare, the development of maritime undertakings in Rome has had a profound impact on Roman society.