TRIAKONTOROS 15th - 4th cent. B.C.

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TRIAKONTOROS 15th - 4th cent. B.C.

Post by aukepalmhof » Mon Feb 06, 2012 8:06 pm

The TRIAKONTOROS was before the invention of the TRIREME one of the standard warships of the Greeks.
It was a 30 oared warship with a distance of about one metre between the rowers, she did have a length of over 30 metres. The beam was around the 4 metre.
Some were decked, some not. One mast which carried a square sail.
Mostly used as troop transport the rowers were the warriors.



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