De bello Peloponnesiaco libri 8Apud Gerhardum Fleischerum, 1838 |
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Pagina 466 - I imagine, only to give projection and purchase to the upper oars. A parapet raised on them protected the rowers in a great degree against missile weapons from the decks of the enemy's galleys, but the open or grated bottom gave passage for weapons from boats underneath.