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which were
compounds of a
number and a suffix. Thus the
English term
quinquereme derives from
Latin quīnquerēmis and has the Gr****
equivalent πεντήρης...
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number of files.
Polyremes comprise the
trireme (3 files), quadrireme,
quinquereme,
hexareme or ****ireme (probably a
trireme with two
rowers per oar), septireme...
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Galley Galleon Hulk Junk
Liburnian Longship Man-of-war
Quadrireme Quinquereme Rocket vessel Schooner Ship of the line Sloop-of-war
Trireme Xebec Aircraft...
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Obelisk ship
Outriggers Polyremes Bireme Oared warships Trireme Quadrireme Quinquereme Hexareme Tessarakonteres Raft Reed boat
Sailing ship
Tomol Propulsion...
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standard warship of the
Carthaginian navy was the
quinquereme,
meaning "five-oared". The
quinquereme was a galley, c. 45
metres (150 ft) long, c. 5 metres...
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contrary to Polybius's
account that all the
warships involved were
quinqueremes. However, they
believe that the many
amphorae identified confirm the...
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Powerboat Pram (boat) Pram (ship) Proa Pump boat Punt Top of page Q-Ship
Quinquereme Top of page Raft
Reaction ferry Recreational trawler Reed boat Replenishment...
- Rome
therefore launched a m****ive
construction program and
built 100
quinqueremes in only two months. It also
invented a new device, the corvus, a grappling...
- This
reliance on
allies continued to the end of the
Roman Republic. The
quinquereme was the main
warship on both
sides of the
Punic Wars and
remained the...
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period the
standard Mediterranean warship was the
quinquereme,
meaning "five-oared". The
quinquereme was a galley, c. 45
metres (150 ft) long, c. 5 metres...