Slaves weren't usually used on galleys. The romans preferred (free) sailors to operate on their ships. Slaves were only used when there was a lack of men or in emergency situations.
@Hypnotized81 Actually neither the Greeks nor the Romans used slaves, except when manpower was short, and even then it was common practice to free the slaves on commencing service as an incentive to row well. Since triremes had to beach each night, its likely that desertion would have made slaves more expensive than freedmen due to replacement costs. And as a rower myself, I can attest that a dedicated free rower would be vastly preferable to an unskilled slave, even in polyremes.
they were supposed to be fast so they could pick up speed and ram other ships
dbfordateam 3 months ago
Great work. How fast do they get? B/c weren't they designed for ramming other ships?
jebsievers 4 months ago
Talk about syncopated rhythmn. How long did the ancients keep this up?
tedmagnusson 4 months ago
@tedmagnusson I think as long as the music held playing.
YiannisThiakos 1 month ago
Awesome :D
aminoacid1648856 6 months ago
Good excercise.
killallianceftw 9 months ago
Fantastic vid.
But i could almost smell the swetting crew. Try this for a week.
No wonder the galleyslaves died early.
einherje71 10 months ago
@einherje71
Slaves weren't usually used on galleys. The romans preferred (free) sailors to operate on their ships. Slaves were only used when there was a lack of men or in emergency situations.
greetings
GIadiator 10 months ago
@GIadiator
Actually the romans did use slaves in their ships. It was the greeks that used free citizens
Hypnotized81 7 months ago
@Hypnotized81 Actually neither the Greeks nor the Romans used slaves, except when manpower was short, and even then it was common practice to free the slaves on commencing service as an incentive to row well. Since triremes had to beach each night, its likely that desertion would have made slaves more expensive than freedmen due to replacement costs. And as a rower myself, I can attest that a dedicated free rower would be vastly preferable to an unskilled slave, even in polyremes.
DissorderedArray 7 months ago
@DissorderedArray
It turns out you are correct. I knew about the greeks already but not about the romans. I did a little more research after you comment. thx
Hypnotized81 7 months ago
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mspiridopoulos 10 months ago
Very, very cool. I never thought I'd see a video of one these ancient ships at sea and under power.
JeffDeWitt 1 year ago
This realy great. The Builders make an great job.Respect to everyone you buil it and respect to the People in the Trireme. Bravo pedia
MOLONLABE480 1 year ago
this is dope! come on over to nyc folks...but watch where you park. ticket prices are sky high.
obytheby 1 year ago