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  2. Ships of ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    Roman ships are named in different ways, often in compound expressions with the word Latin: navis, lit. 'ship'.These are found in many ancient Roman texts, and named in different ways, such as by the appearance of the ship: for example, navis tecta (covered ship); or by its function, for example: navis mercatoria (commerce ship), or navis praedatoria (plunder ship).

  3. Navis lusoria - Wikipedia

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    The frames hold the ship together. The mastframe contains a hole to place the mast. While the ship could be sailed, the main method of propulsion was rowing by one open row of oarsmen on each side. The gunwale displays an outside fender and is topped by a covering board. The covering board contains the support for the oars.

  4. Bireme - Wikipedia

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    The name bireme comes from "bi-" meaning two and "-reme" meaning oar. It was typically about 80 feet (24 m) long with a maximum beam width of around 10 feet (3 m). It was modified from the penteconter, a ship that had only one set of oars on each side, the bireme having two sets of oars on each side. The bireme was twice the triaconter's length ...

  5. Roman navy - Wikipedia

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    The rest of the war was carried out mostly by Rome's allies, the Aetolian League and later the Kingdom of Pergamon, but a combined Roman–Pergamene fleet of ca. 60 ships patrolled the Aegean until the war's end in 205 BC. In this conflict, Rome, still embroiled in the Punic War, was not interested in expanding her possessions, but rather in ...

  6. Battle of Morbihan - Wikipedia

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    The Venetic ships were too large and sturdy to ram and so the Romans devised a different plan. [2] The Romans attached hooks to the end of wooden poles on their ships. During the engagement, Roman ships positioned next to the Venetic ships until the hooks would catch the Veneti's halyards that held the yard to the mast. Once the hook caught ...

  7. Divers remove ancient Roman cargo from shipwreck - AOL

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    For centuries, an ancient Roman shipwreck sat off the coast of Spain. Currents swirled around it and sand piled up on it, but the weathered ship survived relatively intact. And with more unique ...

  8. Dromon - Wikipedia

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    Larger ships also had wooden castles (xylokastra) on either side between the masts, similar to those attested for the Roman liburnians, providing archers with elevated firing platforms. [25] The bow spur (peronion) was intended to ride over an enemy ship's oars, breaking them and rendering it helpless against missile fire and boarding. [26]

  9. Trireme - Wikipedia

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    The ship also had two masts, a main (histos megas) and a small foremast (histos akateios), with square sails, while steering was provided by two steering oars at the stern (one at the port side, one to starboard). Classical sources indicate that the trireme was capable of sustained speeds of ca. 6 knots at relatively leisurely oaring. [31]