Search Results: Trireme

The trireme (Greek: triērēs) was the devastating warship of the ancient Mediterranean with three banks of oars. Fast, manoeuvrable, and with a bronze-sheathed ram on the prow to sink an enemy ship, the trireme permitted Athens to build its...

The hull of the Olympias, a full-scale reconstruction of an ancient Greek trireme warship. The principal strategy in battle of the trireme was to sink or damage the oars of an enemy vessel using the bronze ram fixed to the ship's prow. Triremes...

A model showing a cross section of an ancient Greek trireme. (Archaeological Museum, Hania, Crete)

A marble eye which was once attached to the prow of a trireme in order to ward off evil. Traces of the original paint can still be seen. (Archaeological Museum of Piraeus)

An artist's rendition of a Greek trireme in battle.

Model of a Greek Trireme. Displayed at Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany.

An artist's impression of what a Greek trireme warship may have looked like.

A model of a trireme from ancient Greece. (Archaeological Museum, Hania, Crete)

3D reconstruction of the shipsheds for the Athenian navy at Zea Harbour. Republished with permission from the Zea Harbour Project.

Military supremacy of the seas could be a crucial factor in the success of any land campaign, and the Romans well knew that a powerful naval fleet could supply troops and equipment to where they were most needed in as short a time as possible...