The hemiolia or hemiolos (Greek: ἡμιολία [ναῦς] or ἡμίολος [λέμβος]) was a light and fast warship that appeared in the early 4th century BC.

The Hemiolia was a light ship, generally classified in the “aphractoï” (unbounded), peculiar to the pirates of the Aegean Sea (Chios, Lesbos, Lemnos, Sporades and Cyclades) and Asia Minor, Like the Cilicians, contrary to liburnes and lemboi, proper to the Adriatic.

The hemiolia or hemiolos (Greek: ἡμιολία [ναῦς] or ἡμίολος [λέμβος]) was a light and fast warship that appeared in the early 4th century BC. It was particularly favored by pirates in the eastern Mediterranean, [ 54 ] but also used by Alexander the Great as far as the rivers Indus and Hydaspes, and by the Romans as a ...

HEMIOLIA AND TRIEMIOLIA (PLATES V-VI) 'YOUR coward', says Theophrastus,' 'is the sort who, when aboard ship, thinks that every headland is a hemiolia.' The outline of a promontory, in other words, looks to his timid eyes like the low sinister shape of a pirate craft. And the hemiolia was so characteristically

Dec 23, 2013 · A hemiolia, then, must have been a ship designed particularly for lightness, speed and manœuvrability. But so were the twenty-oared vessels that Homer's heroes used or the penteconters that appear in subsequent centuries.

Dec 14, 2011 · The first and smallest type of ship available to the Romans was the hemiolia. This ship had a single row of oars. It was light and fast and its narrow draft and high speed made it well suited for commerce raiding, troop transportation, and littoral combat, especially in rivers.

In the 1st century AD Appian of Alexandria mentions that the navy of the Ptolemies had 2,000 barges propelled by poles, and other smaller craft: 1500 galleys from ‘one and a halfs’, hemiolia, to ‘fives’, penteres, and warship gear for twice that number.

Sep 13, 2021 · These fast galleys, known as hemiolia and trehemiolia, were often deployed as scout ships or “raiders,” used to harass and attack maritime supply lines during military campaigns. Their small size and shallow draught also enabled them to be used in rivers and inland waterways, most famously by Alexander the Great in the Indus and Hydaspes.

Hemiolia was a type of ancient Greek galley with a single row of oars on each side, similar to a bireme. It was a smaller and more versatile vessel used for various purposes, including naval warfare and transportation.

Alongside work on the Roman army and its epigraphy, ancient oared ships have remained a focus of his research and publication, including Trireme Olympias: The Final Report (2012) and the present...