Pursued by a trireme she calmly and expertly rammed a friendly ship blocking her exit, and made her escape. Believing her to be an ally, the trireme dropped its pursuit, while Xerxes, believing ...

The largest warships had three banks of oars and were called ‘triremes’. A trireme needed 170 men to row it - one man to each oar. It was steered by long oars at the stern or back of the ship.

According to the Ancient Greek historian, Thucydides, it was the Corinthians who first developed the trireme, possibly as early as the 7th century BC. (1.12.4 - 13.2) They in turn based their ...

The exhibition's centerpiece will be a replica of an ancient trireme, built at a 1:2 scale using 3D technology. The replica of the ancient Roman ship, measuring 75 feet and weighing approximately ...

The largest warships had three banks of oars and were called ‘triremes’. A trireme needed 170 men to row it - one man to each oar. It was steered by long oars at the stern or back of the ship.