quinquereme
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of quinquereme
C16: from Latin quinquerēmis, from quinque- + rēmus oar
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Polybios tells us that the crew of a Roman quinquereme in the first Carthaginian War, at a battle fought in 256 b.c., numbered 300, in addition to 120 soldiers.
From Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships by George C. V. Holmes
The quinquereme was too frail to attempt a blockade or to patrol the sea lanes in all seasons.
From A History of Sea Power by William Oliver Stevens
A Carthaginian "quinquereme," or boat with five banks of oars, drifted to the Roman coast.
From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Willis Duff Piercy
The dromon was not the low galley of the later Middle Ages but a two-banked ship, probably quite as large as the Roman quinquereme, carrying a complement of about 300 men.
From A History of Sea Power by William Oliver Stevens
Strong ropes were attached to it and carried out to a quinquereme.
From The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great by Robert H. Fuller
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