Definition of Quadrireme. Meaning of Quadrireme. Synonyms of Quadrireme

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Definition of Quadrireme

Quadrireme
Quadrireme Quad"ri*reme, n. [L. quadriremis; quattuor four + remus an oar: cf. F. quadrir[`e]me.] (Antiq.) A galley with four banks of oars or rowers.

Meaning of Quadrireme from wikipedia

- historian Diodorus Siculus to the tyrant Dionysius I of Syracuse, while the quadrireme (Gk. tetrērēs, "four-oared") was credited by Aristotle to the Carthaginians...
- Full-rigged ship Galley Galleon Hulk Junk Liburnian Longship Man-of-war Quadrireme Quinquereme Rocket vessel Schooner Ship of the line Sloop-of-war Trireme...
- Single-outrigger Catamaran Trimaran Polyremes Bireme Oared warships Trireme Quadrireme Quinquereme Hexareme Tessarakonteres Raft Reed boat Sailing ship Solar...
- Boita Borobudur ship Dhow Fire ship Galley Penteconter Bireme Trireme Quadriremes Tessarakonteres Dromon Junk K'un-lun po Lepa Mtepe Uru Post-classical...
- after the number of files. Polyremes comprise the trireme (3 files), quadrireme, quinquereme, hexareme or ****ireme (probably a trireme with two rowers...
- Single-outrigger Catamaran Trimaran Polyremes Bireme Oared warships Trireme Quadrireme Quinquereme Hexareme Tessarakonteres Raft Reed boat Sailing ship Solar...
- 4th centuries BC, after which it was largely su****ded by the larger quadriremes and quinqueremes. Triremes pla**** a vital role in the Persian Wars, the...
- not mean it necessarily had or operated all three possible ranks: the quadrireme may have been a simple evolution of a standard trireme, but with two rowers...
- more banks of oars and larger numbers of rowers and soldiers as in the Quadrireme and Quinquereme. The Ptolemaic Tessarakonteres was the largest ship constructed...
- Single-outrigger Catamaran Trimaran Polyremes Bireme Oared warships Trireme Quadrireme Quinquereme Hexareme Tessarakonteres Raft Reed boat Sailing ship Solar...