AWA179 - What were the different types of ships used by the Romans navy?

Ancient Warfare Podcast

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Society & Culture, Greece, Warfare, Ancient, Rome, History, Military

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🗓️ 3 December 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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What were the different types of ships used by the Romans navy? Did they only use triremes? Jasper tackles this question from from Douglas Gatto.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone and welcome to another episode of ancient warfare answers. I'm Murray Dam. I'm the
0:04.9	assistant editor of Ancient Warfare Magazine and with me today as always is Jasper Ortage, the editor.
0:10.6	And we have a question today, which is regarding something that is, forgive the wrong
0:16.5	pun, right up Jasper's Street. And that is to do with ships.
0:22.1	And that is from Douglas Gatto
0:22.8	who asks us
0:23.7	what were
0:24.5	the different
0:24.9	types of ships
0:25.6	used by the
0:26.3	Roman Navy.
0:27.3	Did they
0:27.8	only use
0:28.5	triremes?
0:29.9	Or what else?
0:31.4	Aren't you
0:31.7	energetic this
0:32.5	morning?
0:33.1	The dark days
0:33.9	before Christmas.
0:35.4	Of course,
0:35.8	it's not the
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