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The liburna is depicted as a light vessel with a single row of oars, one mast, one sail, and a prow curving outward. Beneath the prow, a rostrum was installed for striking enemy ships below the waterline. Initially resembling the ancient Greek penteconter, [1] the liburna featured a single
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).
The liburnian (Latin: liburna, Greek: λιβυρνίς, libyrnis) was a variant of lembos invented by the tribe of the Liburnians. Initially used for piracy and scouting, this light and swift vessel was adopted by the Romans during the Illyrian Wars , and eventually became the mainstay of the fleets of the Roman Empire following Actium ...
Ethnolinguistic map of Italy in the Iron Age, before the Roman expansion and conquest of Italy Liburnia in the age of the Roman conquest. The Liburnians or Liburni (Ancient Greek: Λιβυρνοί) [1] [2] were an ancient tribe inhabiting the district called Liburnia, [3] [4] [5] a coastal region of the northeastern Adriatic between the rivers Arsia and Titius in what is now Croatia.
Stern-mounted rudder of a Roman boat, 1st century AD (RG-Museum, Cologne) Brass rings recovered in 1895. These were fitted to the ends of cantilevered beams that supported each rowing position on the seconda nave. One-fifth scale model of a Nemi ship (foreground) in the Nemi ships museum
Liburna was presented as light type of the ship with one row or the oars, one mast, one sail and prow twisted outwards. Under the prow there was a rostrum made for striking the enemy ships under the sea. By its original form, the Liburna was the most similar to the Greek penteconter.
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The lemb was more common among the Illyrians of the southern Adriatic, while in the northern Adriatic, the more common ship was the liburna which originated from the Liburnians. [6] The lemb appears in several Illyrian coins of the southern Adriatic communities, which were politically connected with the Illyrian kingdom, like the Labeatae , the ...