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Trireme vs Trierarchy - What's the difference?

trireme | trierarchy |

As nouns the difference between trireme and trierarchy

is that trireme is a galley with three banks of oars, one above the other, used mainly as a warship while trierarchy is a system in Ancient Greece whereby triremes were commanded and maintained by citizens known as trierarchs.

trireme

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (history, nautical, archaic) A galley with three banks of oars, one above the other, used mainly as a warship.
  • See also

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    trierarchy

    English

    Noun

    (trierarchies)
  • A system in whereby triremes were commanded and maintained by citizens known as trierarchs.
  • The collective noun for trierarchs.
  • A period of time during which one was a trierarch.
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