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Quinquereme: Encyclopedia Ii - Quinquereme - Construction
In the 4th century BC, after the Peloponnesian War, there was a shortage of oarsmen of sufficient skill to man large navies of triremes. ...
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Quinquereme: Encyclopedia Ii - Quinquereme - Polyremes
The wars of the Diadochi, the successors to the empire of Alexander the Great, caused another arms race. This time the trend was to build...
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