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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...
- number of files. Polyremes comprise the trireme (3 files), quadrireme, quinquereme, hexareme or ****ireme (probably a trireme with two rowers per oar), septireme...
- ship Galley Galleon Hulk Junk Liburnian Longship Man-of-war Quadrireme Quinquereme Rocket vessel Schooner Ship of the line Sloop-of-war Trireme Xebec Aircraft...
- Obelisk ship Outriggers Polyremes Bireme Oared warships Trireme Quadrireme Quinquereme Hexareme Tessarakonteres Raft Reed boat Sailing ship Tomol Propulsion...
- 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...
- contrary to Polybius's account that all the warships involved were quinqueremes. However, they believe that the many amphorae identified confirm the...
- 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...
- 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...