roman airforce

We leave questions with questionable premises in this sub in order to provide an opportunity for learning but you might want to re-think and re-consider that part of your question.

Although much more can be said, I wrote about the Roman navy a while back.

Mostly, you'll find, that by the time the Empire reached the apex of its power, it no longer had any real naval rivals. (Controlling all the shores of the seas you're on tends to do that.)

For stories of dramatic Roman naval losses and defeats, you'll either have to look back to the time of the Republic, or ahead to the Byzantines.