A Roman fleet under Atilius managed to re-capture Gythium later that year.
In the meantime, a Roman fleet with an invasion force was underway to northern Iberia.
It also marked the first development of a Roman fleet.
However, Rome discovered the agreement when Philip's emissaries were captured by a Roman fleet.
There also seems to have been a Roman fleet in the Bristol Channel, based on archaeological evidence.
Maritime archeology and ancient manuscripts from classical antiquity show evidence of vast Roman commercial fleets.
A Roman fleet soon attacked the Histri.
In one of the campaigns a Roman fleet (probably riverine, not ocean-going) was broken up by a storm, causing many casualties.
During the night, these fire ships were propelled against the unguarded and unsuspecting Roman fleet.
Especially the provincial Roman fleets were composed almost exclusively of liburnians.