Quinquereme vs. Trireme

Quinqueremenoun

(history) An ancient Carthaginian or Greek galley having three banks of oars, rowed by five oarsmen: two to an oar in each of the upper rows, and one to the lower oar.

Quinqueremenoun

A galley having five benches or banks of oars; as, an Athenian quinquereme.

Triremenoun

A galley with three banks of oars, one above the other, used mainly as a warship.

Triremenoun

An ancient galley or vessel with tree banks, or tiers, of oars.

Triremenoun

ancient Greek or Roman galley or warship having three tiers of oars on each side

Trireme

A trireme (, TRY-reem; derived from Latin: trirēmis Ancient Greek: τριήρης triērēs, literally ) was an ancient vessel and a type of galley that was used by the ancient maritime civilizations of the Mediterranean, especially the Phoenicians, ancient Greeks and Romans.The trireme derives its name from its three rows of oars, manned with one man per oar. The early trireme was a development of the penteconter, an ancient warship with a single row of 25 oars on each side (i.e., a single-banked boat), and of the bireme (Ancient Greek: διήρης, diērēs), a warship with two banks of oars, of Phoenician origin.