Oh, he's cute. Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. He's hugging his pillow like a sloth on a branch.

He couldn't sleep before. Now listen to him. Sounds like an elephant with a chest infection.

Well, they call him a dreamer. And now they're right.

All aboard, Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling.

Find all the comfort you need in the quiet lounge.

Piando Ferries, there is another way.

I'm John Batchecher, Barry Strauss, Professor Barry Strauss of Cornell University.

His new book is The War that Made the Roman Empire.

It is now the summer of 31 BCE. The whole world is listening for what's about to happen next.

The battle fleets, the vast Ptolemaic battle fleet purchased by Cleopatra's money is at Harbor, hundreds of ships at

harbor with merchant ships back and forth feeding the army, whereas the

smaller Roman fleet is is north of Actium on the coastline without easy

access but Octavian and Agrippa have fought sea battles before. Professor what

is a five what is a six What kind of ships are those?

So these are galleys.

They are oared ships.

And a five would, there's some doubt as to how they were made up, but I think according to the most likely reconstruction.

In a five, you'd have five men to a room. Imagine two ores, there are three men rowing on the top level and two men rowing on the bottom level.

So that would be how a five would go.

Six might have three and three.

A four and a five are about the most efficient the most efficient kinds of warships to use in this period they

have the right amount of power and weight. And these ships would go into battle. They would partly, one

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