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Definition of Triremes

Trireme
Trireme Tri"reme, n. [L. triremis; tri- (see Tri-) + remus an oar, akin to E. row. See Row to propel with an oar.] (Class. Antiq.) An ancient galley or vessel with tree banks, or tiers, of oars.

Meaning of Triremes from wikipedia

- action of triremes. Triremes' small size allowed for a limited number of marines to be carried aboard. During the 5th and 4th centuries, the trireme's strength...
- pre-tensioning. After every trip the triremes were pulled as**** in special slides and the hypozomata was re-tightened. The trireme hulls were constructed from...
- Trireme Partners LLP was a US limited partnership venture capital company that invested in technology, goods, and services related to Homeland Security...
- numbered 310 triremes (the difference being the number of Athenian ships). Ctesias claims that the Athenian fleet numbered only 110 triremes, which ties...
- the 4th-century quinqueremes were housed in the same ship sheds as the triremes, and must therefore have had similar width (c. 16 feet (4.9 m)), which...
- powered by oarsmen, sometimes stacked in multiple levels such as biremes or triremes, and many of which also had sails. Initial efforts of the Romans to construct...
- utilized to fund the construction of 200 triremes; the Athenian fleet was transferred to Piraeus, and the triremes were built in its shipyards. The Athenian...
- two of his triremes to intercept the Athenian fleet and inform Sophocles and Eurymedon of his danger. The Spartans, meanwhile, had 43 triremes and a large...
- Idrieus, prince of Caria, who emplo**** 8,000 Gr**** mercenaries and forty triremes, commanded by Phocion the Athenian, and Evagoras, son of the elder Evagoras...
- Athenian sacred ships were ancient Athenian ships, often triremes, which had special religious functions such as serving in sacred processions (theoria)...