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... hundred rowers besides the com- batants . [ There were ] fifty - four oars in the lowest bank and four more in each succeeding bank . A five - banked ship would have three hundred and ten oars in the banks , and therefore three hundred ...
... hundred rowers besides the com- batants . [ There were ] fifty - four oars in the lowest bank and four more in each succeeding bank . A five - banked ship would have three hundred and ten oars in the banks , and therefore three hundred ...
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... hundred to three hundred men , some fifty or more of whom were sailors and soldiers . In battle , it seems that the upper bank of oars was abandoned as soon as the dromon closed with the enemy ; the oarsmen of this bank transforming ...
... hundred to three hundred men , some fifty or more of whom were sailors and soldiers . In battle , it seems that the upper bank of oars was abandoned as soon as the dromon closed with the enemy ; the oarsmen of this bank transforming ...
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... hundred tons , but the new Victory , fairly typical of other large ships - of - the - line , was designed at two thousand although it has been estimated that she displaced nearer three thousand five hundred tons . tons - This ship , of ...
... hundred tons , but the new Victory , fairly typical of other large ships - of - the - line , was designed at two thousand although it has been estimated that she displaced nearer three thousand five hundred tons . tons - This ship , of ...
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Aegean Alexandria allies ancient Arabs army Asia Minor Athenians Athens basin battle became British Byzantine Byzantine Empire Byzantium canal captured Carthage Carthaginians centre century B.C. Christian coast colonies conflict conquest Constantinople Corsica Crete Crusaders culture dominated early East eastern Mediterranean Egypt Emperor enemy English Etruscans Euboea Europe European fact fish fleet force Fourth Crusade France French galleys Gibraltar Greece Greek H. A. L. Fisher harbour Herodotus hundred Ionian island Italian Italy knights land later Levant Levanzo mainland Malta Maltese mast Mediter Moslem mountain Napoleon naval navigation navy North Africa northern oars Odysseus once Ottoman period Persian Phoenicians port ranean Rhodes rich Roman Empire Rome routes sail sailors Saint John Sardinia ships Sicilian Sicily siege southern Spain Spartans strait Syracuse territory throughout trade trireme troops Turkish Turks Vandals Venetians Venice vessels victory West western whole wind