bireme
Ancient double-decked warship
A bireme is an ancient warship powered by two tiers of oars on each side, one above the other.
These vessels were used throughout the Mediterranean, particularly by Greeks and Phoenicians, before being superseded by the larger trireme with its three banks of oars.
The bireme cut swiftly through the harbor waters.
Four-level oared warship
Striking with violent impact
- boardingEntering a vehicle
- naval battleArmed clash between warships
- marinesNaval infantry soldiers
- archersPeople who shoot bows
fleet · squadron · tactics · maneuver · blockade · pursuit · ram · corvus
Outer covering or frame
- keelHull's structural base
- deckShip's flat surface
- oarlocksPivot mounts for rowing
- mastVessel's sail support
sail · rudder · tiller · beam · stern · bow · gunwale · planking
Bladed poles for boats
- oarsmenThose who paddle boats
- rowersThose who propel boats
- strokeSudden brain blood blockage
- tiersHorizontal arranged levels
banks · coxswain · rhythm · coordination · galley slaves · freemen · benches · cadence
Ancient Levantine maritime civilization
- GreeksNatives of Athens' homeland
- RomansAncient Italy's imperial people
- CarthaginiansAncient Tunisian civilization's people
- PersiansPeople of ancient Iran
Salamis · Peloponnesian War · Persian Wars · antiquity · classical · Bronze Age · Iron Age · Hellenistic
quadrireme
Four-level oared warship
ramming
Striking with violent impact
- boardingEntering a vehicle
- naval battleArmed clash between warships
- marinesNaval infantry soldiers
archers · fleet · squadron · tactics · maneuver · blockade · pursuit · ram · corvus · grappling hooks
hull
Outer covering or frame
mast · sail · rudder · tiller · beam · stern · bow · gunwale · planking · ribs
oars
Bladed poles for boats
tiers · banks · coxswain · rhythm · coordination · galley slaves · freemen · benches · cadence · exhaustion
Phoenicians
Ancient Levantine maritime civilization
- GreeksNatives of Athens' homeland
- RomansAncient Italy's imperial people
- CarthaginiansAncient Tunisian civilization's people
Persians · Salamis · Peloponnesian War · Persian Wars · antiquity · classical · Bronze Age · Iron Age · Hellenistic · Homer
- watercraftboat, sailboat, kayak, canoe, ships
- shipsship, vessel, freighter, tanker, cargo ship
- naval warfarenaval battles, naval battle, battleship, destroyer, sea battles
- ancient naviesgalley, Greek fire, corvus, ramming, oarsmen
- ancient seafaringships, galley, navigation, mariners, dhow
- ancient shipsgalley, quadrireme, war galley, Roman galley, slave galley
biremesailing ship
Wind-propelled ocean vessel
sailboat · steamship · motorboat · nuclear submarine · aircraft carrier