They were called biremes. These ships were frequently used by the Romans,
The bireme eventually evolved into the trireme.
Bireme or trireme. it basically went off the number of banks of oars. ie. two - bi three- tri etc etc
There are 3 syllables in the word ancient. An - ci - ent.
5. Describe the two ancient Egyptian forms of written language.
plate, tomb
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An ancient vessel with two banks of oars was called a bireme.
An ancient ship with two banks of oars is called a "bireme".
Bireme
A vessel with two tiers of oars was/is a bireme.
slave ship
An ancient galley with two banks of oars is called a bireme.
Bireme
A bireme is an ancient galley with two banks of oars, one above the other.
When there is a boat with four people and they each have two sculling oars so in total there are eight oars
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A bireme is an ancient Roman or Greek warship with two rows of oars on each side, one above the other. This design allowed for greater speed and maneuverability compared to other types of ships at the time.
Well, if you're talking sweeping, then a pair is as small as it gets (2 people, one oar each). To get bigger, there are fours (four people, one oar each) and eights (eight people, one oar each) But it you're sculling, then you can have a single (one person, two oars), a double (two people, two oars each), or a quad (four people, two oars each).