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A bireme (/ ˈ b aɪ r iː m /, BY-reem) is an ancient oared warship with two superimposed rows of oars on each side. Biremes were long vessels built for military purposes and could achieve relatively high speed. They were invented well before the 6th century BC and were used by the Phoenicians, Assyrians, and Greeks.
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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).
Bireme, an ancient vessel, propelled by two banks of oars. Trireme, an ancient warship propelled by three banks of oars. Quadrireme, an ancient warship invented in Carthage with two levels of oarsmen, and was therefore lower than the quinquereme. Quinquereme, an ancient warship propelled by three banks of oars. On the upper row, two rowers hold ...
A trireme (/ ˈ t r aɪ r iː m / TRY-reem; from Latin trirēmis [1] 'with three banks of oars'; cf. Ancient Greek: τριήρης, romanized: triḗrēs [2], lit. 'three-rower') was an ancient vessel and a type of galley that was used by the ancient maritime civilizations of the Mediterranean Sea, especially the Phoenicians, ancient Greeks and ...
Model of a Roman bireme The generic Roman term for an oar-driven galley warship was "long ship" (Latin: navis longa , Greek: naus makra ), as opposed to the sail-driven navis oneraria (from onus, oneris: burden ), a merchant vessel, or the minor craft ( navigia minora ) like the scapha .
Bireme An ancient vessel, propelled by two banks of oars Birlinn (Scots) Clinker-built vessel, single-masted with a square sail also capable of being rowed Blockade runner A ship whose current business is to slip past a blockade Boita A cargo vessel used for trade between Eastern India and Indochina Brig A two-masted, square-rigged vessel ...
After processing the available scientific data using ancient illustrations on vases and reliefs, as well as written and archaeological sources, members of the Odesa Archeological Museum, under the direction of Prof. Vladimir N. Stanko, Ph.D., proposed the building of a bireme because, in antiquity, it had been the most widely used vessel in the ...