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Awesome, I did a ton of research into Roman Warships making my RTW mod (I figured out how to make Naval Battles Playable), and this is really interesting to me.
For some reason, the image they show of the 2 rams reminds me of the later Byzantine Dromonds, which had the 2 poles protruding from it.
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Were the 2 'pole' not the greek-fire dispensers?
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They were rams, only a handful of dromons ever had Siphons on them for Greek Fire. I think they actually found one in the Black Sea, but I don't know.
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Lets see a picture then.
I have no doubt the mechanics of ramming did not change a great deal, once the double ram advantages were discovered ( by Corinth or one of the city states in opposition to Athens, IIRC)
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Just Google Dromon. They evolved from old Roman Liburnae, as anything larger than a monoreme or Bireme had died out in the 2nd-3rd century.
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Hmmm, they do not really look substantial enough to act in the same manner as the bronze rams.
Weird. I wonder how accurate the reconstructions are.
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They smashed the Vandal Fleet to pieces (that's what they were made for - the Roman fleet was very poor in the 6th century) so they must have been more effective than traditional Galleys.
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i believe they may have disabled them by smashing the oars, as in the Rus fleet.
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That term actually sounds more like one of the larger river patrol boats dug up on the rhine.
Roman Liburnae is what it's most often interpreted to be, and we know the Dromon evolved from the Liburnians of that era.