bireme

Example Sentences

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On his first trip, the ship was a ratty old bireme captained by Agostino Contarini, one of the most notorious profiteers on the Jaffa run.

From Time Magazine Archive

As he had taken possession of the German boat, they were pursuing on the captured bireme other Roman ships that were flying to Arbor.

From A Captive of the Roman Eagles by Dahn, Felix

Thus in the bireme the zygite, as he sat on his bench, had behind him and below him his thalamite whose head was about 18 inches behind the zygite thwart and a little above it.

From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.

The vessel shown is a bireme with two decks.

From Early European History by Webster, Hutton

A military boat called the "bireme" came into use in Greece about six or seven centuries before Christ.

From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Piercy, Willis Duff