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Reconstructing the Greek Trireme

TV-PG
S1 • E23    Dec 12, 2013    30m
The trireme, a swift warship with three banks of oars, ruled the Mediterranean Sea in the 5th century B.C., when the Athenian empire was at its height. Yet only sparse evidence remains for what these vessels were like. Follow a detailed reconstruction based on tantalizing clues.

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