quinquereme

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A Carthaginian quinquereme, which had been wrecked upon the coast of Italy, served as a model; and in the short space of sixty days from the time the trees were felled, 130 ships were launched.

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  1. An ancient galley having five banks of oars. The great triremes and quinqueremes rushed onward. Kingsley, Hypatia, xviii.

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  • A Carthaginian quinquereme which happened to be wrecked on their coast was taken possession of by the Romans, used as a model, and one hundred and thirty ships constructed from it. —  Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships
  • A Carthaginian quinquereme, which had been wrecked upon the coast of Italy, served as a model; and in the short space of sixty days from the time the trees were felled, 130 ships were launched. —  A Smaller History of Rome
  • The quinquereme was just entering the strait, when Laelius, who had himself also sailed out of the harbour of Carteia in a quinquereme, followed by seven triremes, bore down upon Adherbal and his triremes, feeling assured that the trireme, when once caught in the rapid strait, would not be able to return against the opposing current. —  The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36
  • The quinquereme was gallantly defended as long as their weapons lasted; but these failing, and there being now nothing which could save them but the nearness of the land, and the multitude which had poured out from the camp upon the shore, they communicated a rapid motion to the vessel by means of their oars, and running her against the shore with all the force they could, they escaped themselves without injury, and only lost the vessel. —  The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36
  • The quinquereme was too frail to attempt a blockade or to patrol the sea lanes in all seasons. —  A History of Sea Power
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  1. from Latin quinqueremis, from quinque, = English five, + remus, oar.
 

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