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quinquereme
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quinquereme
an ancient Roman galley with five banks of oars on each side


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So, on day one of the cruise--on ten-day cruises the first day is spent getting on the ship and the last day getting off--my wife and I arrived at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport, ready to follow the footsteps of the Roman legions that built the Roman Empire, and sail the seas that Roman quinqueremes once sailed.
18) The Romans had galleys as well, of course, named them according to how many banks of oars (remi) they had: Triremes had three, quinqueremes had five, and so on.
Marcus Claudius Marcellus, the Roman commander, began attacking Syracuse during the second Punic War with a fleet of over 50 quinqueremes, vessels that were propelled by five banks of oars and filled with soldiers armed with all kinds of devices to overcome the city walls.
 
 
 
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