Meaning & use
Quadrireme
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An ancient war galley propelled by rowers arranged so that four men, or four banks of oars, worked each set of oars.
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The Carthaginian fleet included several heavy quadriremes.
Archaeologists have found little physical evidence of how a quadrireme's oar system actually worked.
A note on using this word
The exact rowing arrangement of ancient vessels like the quadrireme (four), trireme (three), and quinquereme (five) remains debated among naval historians.
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