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A vessel with two tiers of oars was/is a bireme.
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∙ 13y agoA ship with two banks of oars was called a bireme.
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∙ 13y agoAn ancient ship with two banks of oars was called a bireme from the Latin word biremis meaning two-oared.
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∙ 13y agoAn ancient ship with two files of oarsmen was called a bireme. It's also a term sometimes used to designate a vessel with two men on each oar.
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What was an ancient Roman warship called?
The basic ancient warships could be called either a monoreme, a bireme, or a trireme. This was determined by the levels of oars---maybe. The history of the ancient ships is clouded as there is very little written material about them and even less accurate depictions. Historians wrangle about whether the numerical prefex,(bi, tri,quad, quinc) refer to the levels of oars or to the number of rowers on each oar.
How were viking boats power?
Well, seeing as they were vikings, they used oars to row the boat. <><><> A But mainly by sails,
How did longboats move?
Either by a rectangular single sail, or by oars, or both.
What was the fastest ship in ancient Greece?
Probably the trireme. It was a ship with three rows of oars and around 170 crew members It could reach up to 14 knots but its average speed was 8 knots. It was first seen in Cornith 700 BC.
How did viking longships move?
The Viking longboats were long, open boats that had many sets of oars used to row the ships close to shore, or in calm winds. They used large square sails for long voyages.
What is an ancient galley or vessel with two tiers of oars?
Bireme
An ancient galley or vessel with two banks or tiers?
An ancient galley with two banks of oars is called a bireme.
An ancient galley or vessel with two banks or tiers of oars?
slave ship
An ancient galley with two banks or tiers of oars?
Bireme
What is galley?
ancient type of ship driven by oars
What is a galley?
ancient type of ship driven by oars
Ancient vessel with two banks of oars?
An ancient vessel with two banks of oars was called a bireme.
Ancient slave ship with slaves manning rows of oars?
galley
What sort of vessel was a trireme?
The Trireme was a warship powered by three tiers of oars with a ramming projection in the bow.
What is a bireme?
A bireme is an ancient galley with two banks of oars, one above the other.
Ancient gallery or vessel with two banks of oars?
An ancient ship with two banks of oars is called a "bireme".
What is the origin of the word trireme?
A Greek word for a Galley, a vessel developed as a warship, with three rows of oars. The Latin word is Triremis, as in Tri for three, and Remus for Oars
