Trireme in a sentence

Design Model of a Greek trireme Based on all archeological evidence, the design of trireme surely pushed the technological limits of the ancient world.

Fleet like an eagle and a fleet of hundreds, the trireme brought prosperity to Athens from conquered navies ushering in a century-and-a-half of golden age renaissance-like tranquility.

A fast trireme was sent to stop the execution squad and no genocide took place.

After gathering the proper timbers and materials it was time to consider the fundamentals of the trireme design.

As a result, Themistocles's motion was carried easily, although only 100 warships of the trireme type were to be built.

Bronze trireme ram Once the triremes were seaworthy, it is argued that they were highly decorated with, "eyes, nameplates, painted figureheads, and various ornaments".

Classical sources indicate that the trireme was capable of sustained speeds of ca. 6 knots at a relatively leisurely pace.

During the 5th and 4th centuries, the trireme's strength was in its maneuverability and speed, not its armor or boarding force.

Fields (2007), p. 14–15 Rowers Depiction of the position and angle of the rowers in a trireme.

Fields (2007), p. 9 The materials from which the trireme was constructed were an important aspect of its design.

For a ship to travel at high speeds would require a high oar-gearing, which is the ratio between the outboard length of an oar and the inboard length; it is this arrangement of the oars which is unique and highly effective for the trireme.

Hanson (2006), p. 252 In the Athenian fleet, during the Peloponnesian War, there are a few variations to the typical crew layout of a trireme.

Holland, p.318 The opposing forces The Greek fleet Greek Trireme Herodotus reports that there were 378 triremes in the Allied fleet, and then breaks the numbers down by city state (as indicated in the table).

Once a trireme had been rammed, the ensuing panic that engulfed the men trapped below deck no doubt extended the amount of time it took the men to escape.

On the deck of a typical trireme in the Peloponnesian War there were 4 or 5 archers and 10 or so marines.

Ships built as weapons or warships such as the trireme were in use by the 7th century BC. citation These ships were eventually replaced by larger ships by the 4th century BC.

Should the crew of another trireme board, the marines were all that stood between the enemy troops and the slaughter of the men below.

The distance a trireme could cover in a given day depended much on the weather.

There were rare instances however when experienced crews and new ships were able to cover nearly twice that distance (Thucydides mentions a trireme travelling 300 kilometres in one day).

The trireme was constructed to maximize all traits of the ship to the point where if any changes were made the design would be compromised.