12-23-2003, 07:43 PM
Eerrr...<br>
There are surely people here more acquainted with the subject but, at least in Greek times, rowers were free men.<br>
The actual boarding and fighting were carried by armed marines on the upper deck. Rowers were the ship's highly trained 'engine' and were needed in the complex ramming and row-breaking techniques. Specially the triremes fought almost exclusively by ramming, their cargo capacity for a decent boarding party being rather small.<br>
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Aitor <p></p><i></i>
There are surely people here more acquainted with the subject but, at least in Greek times, rowers were free men.<br>
The actual boarding and fighting were carried by armed marines on the upper deck. Rowers were the ship's highly trained 'engine' and were needed in the complex ramming and row-breaking techniques. Specially the triremes fought almost exclusively by ramming, their cargo capacity for a decent boarding party being rather small.<br>
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Aitor <p></p><i></i>
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