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What is an ancient vessel with two sets of oars?
They were called biremes. These ships were frequently used by the Romans, The bireme eventually evolved into the trireme.
What is a another name for roman galleys?
Bireme or trireme. it basically went off the number of banks of oars. ie. two - bi three- tri etc etc
What sort of vessel was a trireme?
The Trireme was a warship powered by three tiers of oars with a ramming projection in the bow.
What was the greek warship called?
trireme
What was the size of trireme?
132 oars
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