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Hmm. I suppose so, although if the wind wasn't going inland and their ships were faster, maneuvering downwind and setting the sails to run seems like an option. But then you don't necessarily know where the Romans are, either... What's the Roman equivalent of an armchair?
And yeah, it's also a bit of a meme that Carthage couldn't fight them up-close during a boarding.
Winds are notoriously finicky! Before the 'Age of Sail', you had to wait for a good wind to make any kind of crossing. Even crossings as short as the English Channel could be held off for months until a fleet had a good wind ready for them! Caesar, famously, ran into wind-related delays in both of his crossings of the Channel to Britannia.
Rigging design in the Age of Sail reduced this by greatly increasing the angle at which the wind could be utilized in the sails, but even then delays for a good wind were not unknown.
A couch, or a curule seat if you're feeling the authority of an official
I think a "curule general" would just be a general, lol.