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Caesar's Army: A Study of the Military Art of the Romans in the Last Days of the Republic

By: Harry Pratt Judson. | Book details

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VI.

THE SHIPS AND SEA-FIGHTS.

§ 216. This subject belongs properly to a discussion of the Roman army, as the actual fighting on shipboard was always done by details from the legions.

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Fig. 44.* Section of Galley with five Banks of Oars, showing the position of the rowers.

§ 217. The Roman ships were propelled both by sails and oars. For the war-ships, however, the latter were the main reliance. The rowers (slaves) in a ship of any size sat under the deck, on benches arranged in tiers (Fig. 44). Each

3. G. III, I3-15; IV, I2-26, 28, 29; V, 10, II. 8. II, 3-7.

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From Scheffer, De Militia Navali Veterum, Upsala, 1654 A. D.

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