Difference between revisions of "Triremes"

'''Triremes''' were long, thin war galleys with three rows of oars on each side. As they were used primarily for ramming, their narrow shape was designed to combine a maximum of manoeuvrability and speed with a large number of rowers. Triremes fell into disuse sometime before the founding of the [[Seleucarian Empire]], though in the times of [[Amphites]] they provided the bulk of the [[Ashtan]]i armada.

'''Triremes''' were long, thin war galleys with three rows of oars on each side. As they were used primarily for ramming, their narrow shape was designed to combine a maximum of manoeuvrability and speed with a large number of rowers. Triremes fell into disuse sometime before the founding of the [[Seleucarian Empire]], though in the times of [[Amphites]] they provided the bulk of the [[Ashtan]]i armada.