

The first fleet actually was soundly defeated, because it isn’t enough just to copy ships if you’re lacking any seafaring experience.
Rome found a solution: Put long drawbridge like planks at the tip of the ship and enter the enemy ships with legionnaires. That brought them the victory.
After the victory however the whole fleet was lost in a storm, the planks made the ships top heavy.
If I remember correctly.

That’s actually quite normal. Fascists often get along at first because of shared values and maybe similar personalities.
This all falls apart because every dictator puts his own interests before anyone else. Sooner or later those interests clash.