Identifier: dictionaryofgree00smit_1 (find matches)
Title: A dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities..
Year: 1849 (1840s)
Authors: Smith, William, 1813-1893
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Publisher: Boston
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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aginians off Messina. (Polyb. i. 21 ;Polyaen. Strat. vi. 16 ; Oros. iv. 7.) C. Duilius,who perceived the disadvantage with which hiscountrymen had to struggle at sea, devised a planwhich enabled them to change a sea fight, as itwere, into a fight on land. The machine, by whichthis was effected, was afterwards called corvus,and is described by Polybius (i. 22 ; comp. Nie-buhr, iii. p. 678, &c. ; Corvus). From this timeforward the Romans continued to keep up a power-ful navy. Towards the end of the Republic theyalso increased the size of their ships, and built warvessels of from six to ten ordines of rowers. (Flo-ras, iv. 11 ; Virg. Aen. viii. 691.) The construc-tion of their ships, however, scarcely differed fromthat of Greek vessels ; the only great differencewas that the Roman galleys were provided with agreater variety of destructive engines of war than• those of the Greeks. They even erected turres. and tabulata upon the decks of their great men-of-3 e 4 792 NAVIS. NAUMACHIA.
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BIREMIS. A. Prora, irpdopa. B. Oculus, 6(pOakfxos. C. Rostrum, e/j.€o\os. D. Che?iiscus, xt)VL<TK0S- E. Puppis, irpvfivi). F. Aplustre, acpXaarov, with the pole containingthe fascia or taenia. H. i?e»ii, Kuirai, I. Gubemaculum, irrfiaXiov. K. Malus, tar6s. L. Velum, 1<tt6s. M. Antenna, Kepaia, Ktpas. N. Cornua, anpoKepaiai. 0. Ceruchi, Kepovxoi. P. Carchesium, Kapxhvtov. Q. naXoi, naXaSia. R. irpdrovos. S. Pedes, 7r<$8es. T. Opifera, virepai. war (waves turritae), and fought upon them in thesame manner as if they were standing upon thewalls of a fortress. Some of such naves turritaeoccur in the woodcuts given above. (Flor. /. c. ;Plut. Anton. 33 ; Dion Cass.xxxii. 33 ; Plin. H. N.xxxii. 1 ; comp. Caes. de Bell. Gall. iii. 14 ; DionCass, xxxix. 43 ; Veget. de Re Milit. v. 14, &c.) , For a more detailed account of the ships andnavigation of the ancients, see Scheffer, De MilitiaNavali, Upsala, 1654 ; Berghaus, Geschichte derSchiffahrtskunde der vornehmsten Volher des Al-

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