Trierarchs

[Jona Lendering]

Is a "trierarch" in the Roman navy a captain, or could it be -as it was in the Athenian and Macedonian navy- an honorific title for the sponsor of a galley?

(See [url:3pmwckr1]http://www.livius.org/a/holland/vechten/vechten_mainz_mas_inscr.JPG[/url] for an inscription mentioning a trierarch.)

[Praefectusclassis]

It is accepted that the trierarch is in command of the ship, no matter its size. It is possible though that on small ships (like liburnae), the gybernator was in command.

[Jona Lendering]

More or less as I expected; thanks Jasper.