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by TastyBagel
Thu Apr 12, 2007 2:36 am
Forum: Medieval Life
Topic: Greek Trireme
Replies: 11
Views: 5331

Hey, just to back up the quote from Socrates, the trireme did in fact take its name from the 3 tiers of rowers. Such rowing was very strenuous, and demanded lots of coordination, so the rowers were citizens, not slaves. (slaves could get out of sync and break oars, crippling the trireme.) Rowed by d...
by TastyBagel
Thu Apr 05, 2007 4:14 am
Forum: Medieval Life
Topic: Other types of houses?
Replies: 10
Views: 4455

Hey all, I'm totally new to the community, and even though this discussion looks old, I want to contribute in any way I can, so I'm going to add my two cents as a history major in college... Basically, wlister is dead on with lots of what he says. Most dwellings (even in "cities") in the m...