A trireme (/ˈtraɪriːm/ TRY-reem; derived from Latin: trirēmis, "with three banks of oars"; cf. Ancient Greek: triērēs, literally "three-rower") was an...
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Olympias is a reconstruction of an ancient Athenian trireme and an important example of experimental archaeology. It is also a commissioned ship in the...
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Trireme Partners LLP was a US limited partnership venture capital company that invested in technology, goods, and services related to Homeland Security...
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types of oared warships appeared in the Mediterranean Sea, superseding the trireme and transforming naval warfare. Ships became increasingly large and heavy...
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and small pleasure crafts called pamphyles. The next development, the trireme, keeping the length of the bireme, added a tier to the height, the rowers...
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Ships of ancient Rome (section Trireme)
powered by oarsmen, sometimes stacked in multiple levels such as biremes or triremes, and many of which also had sails. Initial efforts of the Romans to construct...
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Galley (section Advent of the trireme)
arranged in 15–30 pairs, from monoremes with a single line of oars to triremes with three lines of oars in a tiered arrangement. Occasionally, much larger...
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τριήραρχος, romanized: triērarchos) was the title of officers who commanded a trireme (triēres) in the classical Greek world. In Classical Athens, the title...
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of files. Polyremes comprise the trireme (3 files), quadrireme, quinquereme, hexareme or sexireme (probably a trireme with two rowers per oar), septireme...
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guidance of the Athenian politician Themistocles, to build a massive fleet of triremes that would be necessary for the Greeks to fight the Persians. However,...
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yachts and superyachts Sail training and sailing ships Galleys - biremes, triremes and quinquiremes Recreational boats and craft – rowed, masted and motorised...
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Ancient warfare (section The trireme)
Triremes, besides the transport of troops and supplies, would be the advantages of ramming tactics. Developments and innovations of the Greek Trireme...
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English classicist whose work led to the reconstruction of an Athenian Trireme, an ancient oared warship. From Lindfield, Sussex, Morrison was professor...
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Outriggers Single-outrigger Catamaran Trimaran Polyremes Bireme Oared warships Trireme Quadrireme Quinquereme Hexareme Tessarakonteres Raft Reed boat Sailing...
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Quadrireme Quinquereme Rocket vessel Schooner Ship of the line Sloop-of-war Trireme Xebec Aircraft carrier Anti-submarine warfare carrier Helicopter carrier...
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Balangay Boita Borobudur ship Dhow Fire ship Galley Penteconter Bireme Trireme Quadriremes Tessarakonteres Dromon Junk K'un-lun po Lepa Mtepe Uru Post-classical...
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utilized to fund the construction of 200 triremes; the Athenian fleet was transferred to Piraeus, and the triremes were built in its shipyards. The Athenian...
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properties. The residents of Istiaia, who had butchered the crew of an Athenian trireme, were uprooted and replaced by 2,000 Athenian settlers. The arrangement...
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"Πολεμικό Ναυτικό - Επίσημη Ιστοσελίδα - Trireme OLYMPIAS". www.hellenicnavy.gr. Retrieved 2022-06-13. "The Trireme Olympias and the Hellenic Maritime Museum...
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boat Tour boat Towboat Trabaccolo Trailer sailor Train ferry Trimaran Trireme Trawler (fishing) Trawler (naval) Trawler (recreational) Trow Tugboat Top...
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Greek trireme, and must therefore be used with care when trying to apply it to the warships of the middle Byzantine period. The existence of trireme vessels...
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to: Paralus (place), a former place in Egypt Paralus (ship), an Athenian trireme Paralus, a son of Pericles, see Paralus and Xanthippus fighting words This...
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new use in war In addition to land-based weaponry, warships, such as the trireme, were in use by the 7th century BC. During the first First Punic War, the...
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Outriggers Single-outrigger Catamaran Trimaran Polyremes Bireme Oared warships Trireme Quadrireme Quinquereme Hexareme Tessarakonteres Raft Reed boat Sailing...
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artillery which was developed by the Greeks around the 4th century BC, the trireme, the ballista and the catapult. In the Middle Ages, the trebuchet was developed...
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Outriggers Single-outrigger Catamaran Trimaran Polyremes Bireme Oared warships Trireme Quadrireme Quinquereme Hexareme Tessarakonteres Raft Reed boat Sailing...
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Mediterranean Sea. Bireme, an ancient vessel, propelled by two banks of oars. Trireme, an ancient warship propelled by three banks of oars. Quadrireme, an ancient...
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century BC Greek alphabet, the first alphabet with vowels. 7th century BC Trireme 6th century BC Paved trackway Pythagorean theorem Monotheism 5th century...
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Outriggers Single-outrigger Catamaran Trimaran Polyremes Bireme Oared warships Trireme Quadrireme Quinquereme Hexareme Tessarakonteres Raft Reed boat Sailing...
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