Ancient Roman trireme, a galley with three rows of oars dominant warship in the Mediterranean sea

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43.8 MB (4.5 MB Compressed download)

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4789 x 3200 px | 40.5 x 27.1 cm | 16 x 10.7 inches | 300dpi

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15 October 2018

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RF2FJNYR2–Long Ship with 50 oars from mosaic found near Pozzuoli. Roman warships (naves longae) derived from Greek galley designs. In the ocean-going fleets, the three main designs were trireme, quadrireme, and quinquereme. During the Republic, the quinquereme was the standard ship. After the battle of Actium at the start of the Empire, the trireme became the main ship. Pozzuoli was an ancient seaside town probably best known for its bradyseism, a raising and lowering of the Earth’s surface due to underground volcanic activity.

RM2CTXMP8–Trireme. Wood engraving of an ancient Roman Galley with three banks of oars, wood engraving, 1872

RM2B01D34–Greece/Iran: Model of a trireme or rowed warship used by Phoenecians, Greeks, Persians and Romans, especially c. 7th-4th centuries BCE. Photo by Matthias Kabel (CC BY-SA 3.0 License). A trireme (from Latin triremis, literally 'three-oarer') was a type of galley, a Hellenistic-era warship that was used by the ancient maritime civilisations of the Mediterranean, especially the Phoenicians, ancient Greeks, Persians and Romans. The trireme derives its name from its three rows of oars on each side, manned with one man per oar. The early trireme was a development of the penteconter.

RM2G05WYP–1914 artists impression of a trireme, a three decked warship with three banks of oars. The ancient vessel was a type of galley that was used by ancient Mediterranean ancient seafarers such as the Phoenicians, Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. They were generally constructed from fir, pine, or cedar (for durability) with the planks been joined together with mortice and tennon joints fixed with wooden pins, The hulls were sometimes strengthened with oak. Ramming devices of bronze could also be attached to the bow.

RMJCY4X4–German Bilder Print of the Ancient Greek Trireme Warship with three rows of oars, and the earlier Bireme with two rolls. The Trireme was used by the Ancient Greeks, Persians and Romans and played an important roll in the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars.

Ancient Roman trireme, a galley with three rows of oars dominant warship in the Mediterranean sea

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