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The [[Pentekonter]] was a Greek oared warship, patterned on a [[Phoenicia]]n style of vessel of the same period. (c.500 B.C.) It had 25 oars a side, hence the name signifying 50. It is mentioned by the historians of the era, including [[Thucydides]] and [[Herodotus]]
The [[Pentekonter]] was a Greek oared warship, patterned on a [[Phoenicia]]n style of vessel of the same period. (c.500 B.C.) It had 25 oars a side, hence the name signifying 50. It is mentioned by the historians of the era, including [[Thucydides]] and [[Herodotus]]